Originally Posted by
ForeverFO
As for drones - it's going to be a while before drones can do real air to air. You can put a missile truck up there, but it's simply not going to be as effective (for now) as manned. The fluidity and dynamics of the air to air arena are just not something you can program. And we still don't have sensors that can scan the immediate sky as good as the human eye. What's a Predator going to do? Slew that little camera around? It's like looking through a paper towel tube.
Just one guy's opinion.
I agree with your statement.
Look, I did fly the T-38, but I'm no fighter pilot, and I'm not trying to act like one.
But your Post got me thinking. Have you seen the new Google-Car that can drive around in any environment ALL BY ITSELF?
It must have some incredibly sophisticated omni-directional camera gear. Couldn't something similar be put on a Drone platform?
Then you could also put a missile setup on there that spins around like a Lazy-Susan.
No?