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Old 24th Feb 2023, 06:13
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how does loyal wingman with a pilot in a lead aircraft (F18/F35) controlling a drone swarm differ from a pilot in a portacabin at Creech controlling a drone swarm? I don't really see the advantage, in fact having somebody fly a plane and be cognizant of threats to their aircraft at the same time as executing a battle plan over the horizon seems a lot of work for not a lot of advantage. And all this relies on good comms links, are they assured against a decent opponent with EW/satellite shoot down capability? And comms bandwidth and versatility on a fighter aircraft (or even a widebody AWACS) is never going equal the comms available to a portacabin..
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