no one else can develop these, they try and they fail. The technical prowess needed to hit something go mach 3+ with something else going mach 3+ from hundreds of miles away is just beyond anyone else. That is like saying we shouldn't have developed stealth becuase other nations will eventually try and catch up. They…

i'm sure it will be adapted to mine field clearence.

its loyalty should be to its stakeholders; including shareholders, debt holders, management, employees and customers.

yeah but back to my original point, if you have something that is launched (either manned or drone) 5 miles from the target you won't have time to engage with helicopters and fixed wing aircraft may not be able to target due to the low speed/altitude/radar cross section. I mean, i think a .50 cal would be better then…

also, payload could be a hand grenade, still counts as a successfull attack if they can get it to go off in a crowded stadium seating section

jet fightesr can deal with those. This missiles referenced don't use radar, it is laser guided by a targeting module manned at the launch site. If the spotters on the tower spot any UAV's inbound they can target them and take them out

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stop flying budget, jet blue and the other real airlines allow you to spend an extra 20 or 30 bucks to sit in the extra leg room rows.

two points,

fair enough but an f16 can use its cannon to engage a slow object as though it were on a ground straffing run. so its not like they are useless, considering we are talking about an object that will be shot down (the missiles don't have a be present and observe mode) I think fighters could be used for anything coming…

fuel cells usually create energy through a non combustion chemical reaction, like a battery.

I was thinking about it when I first heard about it? Why have interceptors when you have fighter aircraft in the area. But then i thought about either helos or drones that take off near the target and do a quick hop to drop their payload. Not necessarily realistic but maybe what htey had in mind.

in my opinion, they are for drones. Drones could be launched from only a mile away, and close that distance before a fighter air craft could get there. A small hobby drone packed with a chemical weapon or a 10 pounds of explosives could be a deadly threat.

keep in mind that these cars, when driving themselves, will have a black box. You will know speed, location, velocity change over time, whether or not it was shifting lanes, plus cameras looking in 360, etc. This will make it very easy to determine who was at fault. I'm hoping this goes a long way to reigning in the…

i was wondering that myself.

you say that, and yet that didn't happen with automatic elevators.

insurance will pick up the cost, and in the long run these malfunctions will be less frequent then auto accidents so it will still save everyone money.

a lot, and we will all benefit from it. Things will be much cheaper when your goods are delivered by auto truck and taxis will be easier to get when they are running on auto pilot. THye may even redesign ligh rail systems to use independent cars so that at night you can station one at each station instead of having…