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Re:AI slays top F-16 pilot in DARPA dogfight simulation by solotronics on Friday August 21, 2020 @01:11PM (#24236800)
maybe this would lead to smart missiles or a platform to launch them that can loiter near the battlefield, directed by a pilot or controller nearby
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Re:AI slays top F-16 pilot in DARPA dogfight simulation by nradov on Friday August 21, 2020 @01:51PM (#24237209)
Smart loitering munitions already exist.
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Re:AI slays top F-16 pilot in DARPA dogfight simulation by salawat on Saturday August 22, 2020 @04:12PM (#24246916)
Loitering in the sense of expending fuel load until a hypothetical target arrives? Or loitering in the sense it's there for reconissance and isn't intended to directly destructively interact with the target?

There's a big difference between a Predator with Hellfires, a tomahawk, A Global Hawk, or a man portablerecon/kamikaze drone, and finally Project Pluto, the ultimate "F you" device likely ever contemplated.

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