He always claims that but there is absolutely nothing to support that opinion. There will always be a need, in some capacity, to have a man in the cockpit. Saying that we’ll completely progress past that in the next 15 years (ballpark figure for a 6th gen airframe) is 100% erroneous.

Nope, I think you’re dead right. Strangely, the more familiar people are with the aircraft, the more they like. The more ignorant they are, the more vitriol they spew. The F-35 takes a pounding because it’s procurement/teething process have been a nightmare, not because the aircraft is flawed.

If you say so. That’s assuming that we all die if Trump is elected. He’s a shitbag but I don’t think he’s the antichrist. The meme is just dumb. See pictures of someone drinking. Use the meme. A video of someone speeding. Use the meme. A story about migratory bird patterns flying 2 ft higher than usual. Use the meme.…

This meme for this story? Seriously. Enough of this meme. Especially when you’re really reaching.

CCIP and CCRP vary significantly as will their CEP. Of course different munitions will behave differently as well.

In all fairness, the theatre siege and Beslan were a nightmare. In both circumstances the baddies pretty much stacked the deck guaranteeing one of two things would happen. Complete capitulation or a massacre. No state would capitulated, much less the Russians.

He’s talking shit, as usual. Those 37mm guns are massive on an airframe that was already far below the performance standard at the beginning of the war. So much so that the big cannon Stukas didn’t generally carry bombs. Theyd carry two fuel tanks and rely on the guns for everything. That was deemed more efficient…

Rofl really?

Those Iraqi soldiers were given a new lease on life by the only people that could have. Other soldiers. Like you said, they survived a ridiculous pummeling from the air and their ride home was trashed. You add those two factors to the third factor that they were just dumb joe’s trying to dodge an axe. That’s all they…

Sorry guy.

They’re banking on the fact they wont have to build another aircraft for air supremacy any sooner than they would have had to if they build 1000 F-22s.

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Did you deserve it? Based on your whiny need for internet justice i’m guessing probably so.

FA has only been around for a few years. Tyler will love to know you are appreciating it though I’m sure.

Im sure he does. I think anyone that served in Vietnam and didn’t get PTSD would be in the absolute minority.

We’re still years (at least 5, probably ten plus) away from that though. What about in the meantime. What about the times where the missions still demand a man in the cockpit. Those mission will still be the norm even after we can reliably trust autonomous UCAVs.

Thats not what I took from that.

What did he fly? Did he talk about his experiences or write them down? If he’s shy about doing it tell him not to to turn them over except during his death. That’s the only way I could get my dad to talk in depth about his experiences in Vietnam. Dunno about your dad but it’s still a very sore subject (and I don’t…

If I understand him right he either wouldn’t have retired the most recent conventional carriers or he’s an advocate that we bring that design back. Either way hes an advocate for more, smaller decks. Im not sure how you do that but whatever. Maybe borrowing a foreign design.

ECM and SAMs are a bit like armor and weapons progression. One outpaces the other and then swaps when the other side comes out with new technology.