The Future of Air Warfare is Upon Us

And that future is apparently going to involve less manned aircraft.

As technology moves forward and the uses to which a drone can be put expands you can bet your ass that the number of manned combat aircraft will decrease. Drones cost way less than a fighter aircraft (and my guess is that even an F-16 or F-35 will cost less without having to configure it to accommodate a human pilot) as well as the reduced cost of not having to train fighter pilots will merely make it easier to convince the powers that be (as well as the bean counters) that unmanned fighter aircraft are the way to go. Especially as it reduces the potential loss of an American life.

There are downsides to this, but I won't even bother to list them because my opinion doesn't mean squat. Time and technology will continue to march on regardless of what people like me think.

And so it goes


Unmanned Drone Air to Air Kill