Thanks for the input Gentlemen, I always understood that the principal aim of the UAV/RPA as a military requirement, was because the demands of manoeuvrability which was getting to G limits beyond Aviation Medicine's ability to counter with new suits. Buta part of me thinks its just another opportunity for the systems specialists to prove how automation can further squeeze human endeavour and skill out of the picture.
I think there'll always be a place for the manned aircraft in all areas. One thing I don't think has been at all properly understood yet is just how, certainly the present, RCAs will manage in truly hostile airspace against manned enemy aircraft and more realistic Surface to Air Weapons than the Taliban have.
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