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2022-04-29 Science & Technology

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Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Somehow, having ten really qualitative aircraft against 400 lesser ones still seems foolish.

Somewhere in my WWII history recollection, I recall the quote from Stalin. "Quantity has a quality of its own". Stalin was really fond of this bit of Hegelian wisdom, somewhat bastardized by Engels and completely watered down by Lenin.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-04-29 11:49|| 2022-04-29 11:49|| Front Page Top

#2 drones w laser that can kill a tank or a missile

each

probably $5M by 2030

making them stealthy probably quintuple the cost but still relatively cheap

range would still be an issue however

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-04-29 12:02|| 2022-04-29 12:02|| Front Page Top

#3 ...Some years ago, there was a novel - the name escapes me - that featured a future war in 2020. One of the stars was a combat plane called BLUE LIGHT.

It was so expensive - and nobody knew HOW expensive, because everything about it was classified, including its budget - that the military could only afford 12. On the other hand, they were invisible and invincible.

NGAD had better be both of those things.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-04-29 13:24|| 2022-04-29 13:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Chuck Yeager had an opinion on such things. My opinion is drone swarms will become a thing. Countermeasure for swarms is to attack command and control. Countermeasure to that is drone autonomy. That begets the singularity. Sky Net wins in the end.

Posted by Lowspark 2022-04-29 14:08|| 2022-04-29 14:08|| Front Page Top

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