Eurofighter / typhoon / Ef2k
- Thread starter Mr Evil
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That's proboably why i enjoy it so much. I'd be in th airforce right now if it wasn't for my poor eyesight.Mongoose Old Bear said:
As for UCAVs, I doubt we'll be seeing and Stealth EDI like AI, it'l probably take some years more for UCAVs to become prominant, but a friend of mine thinks that the JSF may be the US's last manned combat fighter.
captainsmirk
Mongoose
But when you can destroy your target by sending a few pilotless planes over and kill a load of people without even seeing anything it becomes ever easier for you to choose that as a solution...
Its already difficult enough with piloted planes, plus the various long range guided munitions around these days. If you have the option of waging war at no risk to yourself beyond the cost of a lost robot you find it much easier to wage war in the first place. Unless both sides end up fighting a virtual war with remote control tanks and planes, someone somewhere is going to get killed.
The solution isn't really trying to make war less costly in human life because it will inevitably be so, but not fight wars at all (however I personally have to low an opinion of human nature to ever believe that will happen...).
Nick
Its already difficult enough with piloted planes, plus the various long range guided munitions around these days. If you have the option of waging war at no risk to yourself beyond the cost of a lost robot you find it much easier to wage war in the first place. Unless both sides end up fighting a virtual war with remote control tanks and planes, someone somewhere is going to get killed.
The solution isn't really trying to make war less costly in human life because it will inevitably be so, but not fight wars at all (however I personally have to low an opinion of human nature to ever believe that will happen...).
Nick
Not sure what the RN propose to do about the F-35K? they are supposed to get as some bright spark at MOD has worked out that the aircraft is to heavy as it stands for the proposed length of flight deck on the two future carriers the RN is supposed to be getting. I have read that the current thinking is to reduce the weapons load so the damn thing can get up in the air never mind the purpose of the mission "see I told it was an aerodynamic house brick" MOD official thinking bang two brain cells together and you get joined up government thinking. Anyone thought of lengthening the flight deck then doooo !!! seeing as the carrier(s) are still on the drawing board but that is going to cost more money, I know lets do away with the hull that will work.
It's official, the F-35 is now the Lightning II, and I am personally disapointed, I was hoping for a more fitting name. I personally love the F-35, its nearly as capable of the F-22 but it costs a fraction of the price. The only bad things about it is having a single engine Navy fighter, and it only carries 4 weapons in stealth mode... I was wrong btw, B is Marine, C is Navy.
