Ask anything Thread (Air Force)

[AsuraGodFiend]

Wouldn't trust GPT, also if it doesn't matter in the slightest then why go through the trouble?

Exactly why go through the trouble putting it internally when externally it doesn't affect it f22 has it yet it claims to have smaller frontal stealth just because they dont do everything that f35 do doesn't mean they can't or they want to and for the exposed tiny holes on the j35 in the parade it's because the final coat isn't applied. Anyways back to lurking if I'm wrong it does affect stealth negatively then imma be really disappointed at shenyang but I genuinely believe it doesn't affect stealth negatively because they obviously have taken the strips into consideration and decide to go with it.

 

[Mearex]

kind of a question for the whole forum, but do we have some sort of discord server where we can chat more informally? If not we should make one

 

[Tomboy]

How stupid would the idea of a unmanned tanker fleet be? PLAAF would be operating thousands of fighters and UADFs in 2030s, IMO It'll be difficult to keep up with current tanker procurement for sustained deployment at and beyond the second island chain.

Also as a side question, will air brigades in the future have mixed units? Like 24 manned fighters along with a squad of UADFs/loyal wingmans or will these drones be based in delicaded unmanned units?

 

[4Tran]

How stupid would the idea of a unmanned tanker fleet be? PLAAF would be operating thousands of fighters and UADFs in 2030s, IMO It'll be difficult to keep up with current tanker procurement for sustained deployment at and beyond the second island chain.

Also as a side question, will air brigades in the future have mixed units? Like 24 manned fighters along with a squad of UADFs/loyal wingmans or will these drones be based in delicaded unmanned units?

Unmanned tankers are very important; not so much for the air force, but it makes all the difference for carrier operations. It's not practical to operate manned tankers from carriers, but aerial refuelling is still a crucial capability. Unmanned tankers are the best solution to this problem, and that's what the USN is doing as well. In general though, the bigger the tanker the more effective it is, and there's no point in making really big unmanned tankers. So for PLAAF aircraft, there just isn't as much need for them.

 

[tamsen_ikard]

Unmanned tankers are very important; not so much for the air force, but it makes all the difference for carrier operations. It's not practical to operate manned tankers from carriers, but aerial refuelling is still a crucial capability. Unmanned tankers are the best solution to this problem, and that's what the USN is doing as well. In general though, the bigger the tanker the more effective it is, and there's no point in making really big unmanned tankers. So for PLAAF aircraft, there just isn't as much need for them.

I think unmanned planes still have a problem that since they are unmanned, they can be hacked, controlled and then maybe enemy might steal them. So, I don't know how much a military should rely on them for something as critical as a tanker.

Maybe a fully AI controlled tanker could be less vulnerable to hacking but we are not to that sage yet.

 

[TheWanderWit]

Does anyone by any chance know where I can find or has this one paper I stumbled across quite a while back? I can't find it, was basically a paper or something on an air launched cruise missile that housed small drones inside.