Originally Posted by
highsky
I agree with your statement.
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?
There is no way you could convince me to fly within kinematic range of this "friendly" drone's air-to-air missiles... scary. It's like an airborne Patriot!
I think that air-to-air will, for the foreseeable future, require a man in the loop due to operation in contested environments, risk of fratricide etc...