US Navy launches X-47B drone from aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush

[mikey23545]

I can just imagine our fighter pilots fighting from inside what looks like a flight simulator, flying drones in combat and simply dominating the skies...

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by mikey23545

I can just imagine our fighter pilots fighting from inside what looks like a flight simulator, flying drones in combat and simply dominating the skies...

Sure, for 10 or 20 years, then the Chinese have it, then 10+ years after that everyone has it.

Obviously we need to maintain our military superiority, but this isn't some magic bullet that will make us an invincible military superpower. WE ALREADY ARE, at least insofar as conventional warfare is concerned.

But we're already aware of the limitations of military superiority... It doesn't stop terrorists. It doesn't let us reshape the world in our image. etc. ad infinitum.

[mikey23545]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

Sure, for 10 or 20 years, then the Chinese have it, then 10+ years after that everyone has it.

Obviously we need to maintain our military superiority, but this isn't some magic bullet that will make us an invincible military superpower. WE ALREADY ARE, at least insofar as conventional warfare is concerned.

But we're already aware of the limitations of military superiority... It doesn't stop terrorists. It doesn't let us reshape the world in our image. etc. ad infinitum.

So who claimed any of that?

[ChiefaRoo]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

Sure, for 10 or 20 years, then the Chinese have it, then 10+ years after that everyone has it.

Obviously we need to maintain our military superiority, but this isn't some magic bullet that will make us an invincible military superpower. WE ALREADY ARE, at least insofar as conventional warfare is concerned.

But we're already aware of the limitations of military superiority... It doesn't stop terrorists. It doesn't let us reshape the world in our image. etc. ad infinitum.

I don't get all this Chinese Military Technology syndrome. Listen, there are a lot of Chinese people but their culture and thought process is all monkey see monkey do. They haven't invented a radical new technology since gun powder.

All those photos of parked gee whiz equipment their Govt. spits out doesn't prove anything.

You guys forget about the Russians who have proven themselves to be much more ingenious from a technological innovation standpoint. They are as much or more of a concern than the Chinese.

[Chief Faithful]

Originally Posted by mikey23545

I can just imagine our fighter pilots fighting from inside what looks like a flight simulator, flying drones in combat and simply dominating the skies...

And that asset can be fully integrated with other assets on the ground, in the water and in the skies all controlable inside that same simulator.

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by mikey23545

I can just imagine our fighter pilots fighting from inside what looks like a flight simulator, flying drones in combat and simply dominating the skies...

Why bother? Have the computer run everything with the "pilots" standing by until its time to release the warbird.