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Old 09-25-2013 | 05:01 AM
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Originally Posted by goirishgo1976
Unfortunately, the end of the modern combat aviator is getting closer.
Don't believe so. Creating a QF-16 is easy. Making that airplane perform in a complex air to air environment is immensely difficult. The decision tree in a huge, swirling furball makes chess look like tic-tac-toe from a computer perspective.

But the real problem is sensors. The QF-16 can "see" only within the radar cone. It has no way to detect an enemy anywhere else, and an enemy could simply slip up on its flank undetected.

Unmanned bombers - yes
Unmanned targets - yes
Unmanned fighter sweeps/caps - not so easy
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