Re:AI slays top F-16 pilot in DARPA dogfight simulation
by dragonwriter on Saturday August 22, 2020 @09:15PM
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> I'm always baffled when I see people talk about "drone swarms" as if they have never used a drone or RC aircraft. Most drones can't fly for more than 30 minutes and then they have to charge for significantly more than 30 minutes.
Most drones are cheap civilian toys. Military drones have had much greater endurance for decades.
> Therefore a transport vehicle such as a jet has to bring the smaller weapon into effective range.
If you are using short-endurancd drones for some reason (e.g., missiles), the carrier can just be a long-endurance drone.
> When people talk about medium sized "kamikaze drones" that are carrying enough fuel to reach a given far off destination they don't realize that these already exist and are called cruise missiles and tomahawk missiles in particular are quite cheap.
That they already exist and are cheap and effective is proof of the point, not an argument against it.
Most drones are cheap civilian toys. Military drones have had much greater endurance for decades.
> Therefore a transport vehicle such as a jet has to bring the smaller weapon into effective range.
If you are using short-endurancd drones for some reason (e.g., missiles), the carrier can just be a long-endurance drone.
> When people talk about medium sized "kamikaze drones" that are carrying enough fuel to reach a given far off destination they don't realize that these already exist and are called cruise missiles and tomahawk missiles in particular are quite cheap.
That they already exist and are cheap and effective is proof of the point, not an argument against it.