From: "Robert Comer" 

> aam's are air superiority.

That's aam's *aren't* air superiority.

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Bob Comer


"Robert Comer"  wrote in
message news:43f38f6c{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Std PC hardware can be made very robust. If you're worried about em then
>> faraday cage the beastie.
>
> You need to shield it from more than just EMP's and microwaves...
>
>> I think the F22 is going to be outclassed by drones within 10 years.
>
> 20 at least from my viewpoint, the F22 has a VERY advanced weapons system
> even if you don't count stealth.  It takes time to roll out something this
> sophisticated -- they already would have to have been started building
> this super drone over 10 years ago for it to become operational in 10
> years --  the F22 didn't take that long to develop just because of the
> human factor...
>
>> No you won't. No need to try to create every drone a richthofen. How
>> many AAM'es are anything other than idiots let alone savant & yet if you
>> had 10 amraam headed your way you might be worried.
>
> Sure it's going to have to be that smart to be an air
> superiority/interceptor weapon, things change on the battle field and you
> can assume that any means of communications with these drones can be
> blocked, so they're going to have to deal with everything that might
> happen in a mission, even up to abort or not because of target
> changes/weather/risk/casualties...
>
>> These things will be smaller & thus less visible in all ways from em to
>> visible. They will be hooked into other sources of info inc other drones
>> so they wouldn't need to emit.
>
> If they can be hooked into other drones, the master drones would have to
> emit, no doubt about it and you can block that.
>
>> We're not talking about a gun fight (yet).
>
> I am, that's why I'm saying it can't be done soon.
>
>>All that's needed is an aam
>> solution (preferably from behind & w/o you even guessing you were a
>> solution to a maths problem).
>
> aam's are air superiority.
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> "Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote
> in message news:43f38571$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Robert Comer wrote:
>>>>PC'es are easily capable enough.
>>>
>>>
>>> Not fast enough, not stable enough, not hardened enough against EM
>>> fields.
>>>
>>
>> http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060214/20060214005441.html?.v=1
>>
>> "Lockheed Martin Selects Concurrent's RedHawk Linux Software for Next
>> Generation Aegis Weapon System"
>>
>> Std PC hardware can be made very robust. If you're worried about em then
>> faraday cage the beastie.
>>
>>>
>>>>Why do you think so many online games are plagued by
"bots" which are
>>>>much
>>>>quicker & better than the humans?
>>>
>>>
>>> This isn't game bot work.
>>>
>>
>> You reckon? Strikes me as very much game bot work. Make em cheap, make
>> em many, make em stealthy & make em learn.
>>
>>>
>>>>What's more....it would appear from some that the reason they're not
>>>>doing
>>>>aaw trials is mostly because the F22 & 35 are such
sacred cows that
>>>>they've told the techies to lay off in case they impress congress.
>>>
>>>
>>> I see lots of work in that area, but some things are still out of our
>>> reach.
>>> We need the F22 force, but it doesn't have to get very big and then we
>>> can
>>> move on.  I'm not at all impress by the F35 other than it has the
>>> potential
>>> to be cheaper overall.
>>>
>>
>> I think the F22 is going to be outclassed by drones within 10 years.
>> Remind me again how long the development process has been so far & it's
>> only just starting to reach operational status & then there
are so few &
>> they're so expensive, they're treated like F117'es were.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>Try taking deep blue etc on at chess.
>>>
>>>
>>> Deep blue was an idiot-savant, we'll need much more than that for what
>>> I'm
>>> talking about.
>>>
>>
>> No you won't. No need to try to create every drone a richthofen. How
>> many AAM'es are anything other than idiots let alone savant & yet if you
>> had 10 amraam headed your way you might be worried.
>>
>> These things will be smaller & thus less visible in all ways from em to
>> visible. They will be hooked into other sources of info inc other drones
>> so they wouldn't need to emit.
>>
>> We're not talking about a gun fight (yet). All that's needed is an aam
>> solution (preferably from behind & w/o you even guessing you were a
>> solution to a maths problem).
>>
>> Adam
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