An interested reader might get the impression from this thread that I am one of a few deluded idiots who thinks this could work when the sensible educated people of this world know its impossible.
A more realistic view is that the engineers of this world don't post on this site. They just quietly get on in the background making it happen.
BAe
Thales
Cobham
Qinetiq
Lockmart
These are not chumps.
These are the future, and they believe to the sum of billions that it is possible and going to happen.
Some old pilots saying "it ain't going to happen" whilst posting no evidence or links whatsoever to back up their point of view smacks of a triumph of desperate hope over realistic thought processes.
I have posted an endless series of links which support my view.
I challenge the naysayers to do likewise.