Chinese UAV/UCAV development
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lcloo
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How difficult is it to detect a low flying Cessna? If they fly below 100 feet. Can their low IR signature fool current generations of Manpad missiles?
There have been cases of small piston planes penetrating a nation's air defence. I remember one flew from Western Europe (I think from Germany) right to Moscow undetected some years back.
How difficult is it to detect a low flying Cessna? If they fly below 100 feet. Can their low IR signature fool current generations of Manpad missiles?
There have been cases of small piston planes penetrating a nation's air defence. I remember one flew from Western Europe (I think from Germany) right to Moscow undetected some years back.
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lol i am pretty sure when it comes to a real UCAV, China is gonna have alot more problems than just that. but obviously that's not much of a concern because China has a good 20 years to work on it before it really becomes a potent factor in modern air-combat.
lol i am pretty sure when it comes to a real UCAV, China is gonna have alot more problems than just that. but obviously that's not much of a concern because China has a good 20 years to work on it before it really becomes a potent factor in modern air-combat.
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They are not much of a factor in air combat, but are now critical in ground combat. They allow ground commanders to have a real time picture of the battle from above. The ability to take out an enemy position with something like a JDAM or Hellfire is gravy, but their real value, even in a peer on peer war is their ability to look over the edge of the battle and relay enemy movements to a ground commander during a fight. Depending on the UAV, losses can be accepted.
Study how the Israeli's used UAV's to defeat Syrian air defenses in Lebanon.
They are not much of a factor in air combat, but are now critical in ground combat. They allow ground commanders to have a real time picture of the battle from above. The ability to take out an enemy position with something like a JDAM or Hellfire is gravy, but their real value, even in a peer on peer war is their ability to look over the edge of the battle and relay enemy movements to a ground commander during a fight. Depending on the UAV, losses can be accepted.
Study how the Israeli's used UAV's to defeat Syrian air defenses in Lebanon.
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that's just now, i am sure in a couple of decades there will be plenty of good use for UCAV in air combat
that's just now, i am sure in a couple of decades there will be plenty of good use for UCAV in air combat
Ambivalent
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You will see them soon for certain dangerous ground attack missions such as DEAD, Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses. Four UCAV's working under the direction of a pilot in an F-35 is the talked about scenario.
You will see them soon for certain dangerous ground attack missions such as DEAD, Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses. Four UCAV's working under the direction of a pilot in an F-35 is the talked about scenario.
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sounds like a pretty cool combination, fairly demanding on the C4ISR network infrastructures though, only a few country can pull off this kind of stuff.
sounds like a pretty cool combination, fairly demanding on the C4ISR network infrastructures though, only a few country can pull off this kind of stuff.
Ambivalent
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One would assume the subject of it's surveillance missions has radar to be evaded, not a capability one typically attributes to the forces of the Taliban or AQ. Hmmm???
One would assume the subject of it's surveillance missions has radar to be evaded, not a capability one typically attributes to the forces of the Taliban or AQ. Hmmm???
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