I’d love to hear Jim Ross’s take on this. He retweeted the list earlier tonight, but didn’t comment on it.
A human brain is still vastly superior at problem solving than AI would be in this realm. When looking at individual combat techniques, I’m sure an AI would win over a human in every category. But if an AI isn’t programmed to handle every scenario, and it isn’t programmed to learn from previous scenarios, there will…
I’m sure someone with more knowledge/insight than I have has asked this already, but if the F-15/16/18 era of fighter/attack aircraft reached the pinnacle (or near enough) of human physical capabilities, wouldn’t the next logical step be unmanned aircraft? As seen here updates to an older but proven airframe keep that…
1999 Kosovo War or Operation Allied Force. In 2002, an Iraqi MiG-25 shot down a Predator drone that had fired Stingers at MiG. Also, there is a little known incident between Israeli F-15s and Syrian Mig-29s in the September of 2001 - both MiGs were downed. That is probably the most recent even-sided aerial engagement.
It seems odd, but dogfights are actually much more likely now than in the past. There is presently a need to ID the guy you are shooting at before pulling the trigger. Current rules of engagement make it so that you are damned sure what you are shooting. That kind of proximity results in a turning dogfight.
The F-35…
The last time dog fighting was considered obsolete was Vietnam. Many pilots died because of that thinking.
Mustang as a benchmark? Awesome. Do you know how so?
The Marines and Navy couldn’t afford the F35s if the Air Force backs out.
The whole plane was broken because of the Marines and they are only buying a few of them.
Go ahead and make the F-35B (STOVL) and maybe the F-35 C (Navy), but cancel the F-35A. The harriers are antiques and the F-18s only have so much service life, we will need to replace them.
The NCAA makes a huge show out of specifically seeding each and every team to make sure that the teams they think are best make it as far as possible.
But according to anti vaxxer logic, it’s better to be dead from a preventable disease than possibly autistic/vaccine damaged/wtf ever other bullshit they think (like breaking a bone after falling off your roof 30 years after a vaccine is a vaccine injury).
I' ve seen a lot of these people argue that vaccines aren't the reason why diseases like polio and measles have been eradicated. They argue that nutrition and sanitation are the real reasons why. They won't accept the evidence no matter how clear it is and their children will end up dead like this kid.
I would prosecute the shit out of those parents.
This weekend an unvaccinated six year old boy was the first person to die of diptheria in 28 years in Spain. His parents rejected getting him vaccinated and now he’s dead. A vaccinated child is much better then a dead one.
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He probably paid more than the cost of the game to ship that many bottle caps...