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Old 7th Mar 2015, 15:49
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By the way, what I really like about the combo of conventional fighter + cruise missile and UCAV is that it gives the defender three things to worry about: jamming, extreme low observables and extreme low altitude. Rather like the Aurora/Quartz combo but on a different scale.

The UCAV addresses the time-of-flight issue: Look at Neuron's sensors and planned test program and you can see where it's headed.

And before anyone complains about the cost of three systems: CMs have ICBM economics. You buy them and keep them in a bunker, fire one per year to see that it works and to validate S/W loads. UCAVs likewise fly minimally - put an appropriate pod on a Hawk for exercises.
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