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[-] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

If the F-35 is operating within small drone range, it's probably detectable on infrared tbh. If it's a larger drone, then there's not really much of an advantage of launching it by F-35 because you'd probably be outside of radar range anyway. The F-35 is most useful when it IS accomplishing the role of CAS because it has the benefit of a pilot.

As it stands, I feel like the primary role of jets today is to maintain aerial superiority to drop heavy bombs (which are far cheaper than building an equivalent drone).

[-] Ooops@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The secret here is the word "drop". As in drop them on drones beyond their limit maximum height.

[-] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Even cheap consumer-grade FPV drones (e.g. from DJI) have a service ceiling of like 6km. They're just legally not allowed to fly that high lol.

[-] Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Sorry Maverick you can't drop the drone because it's forbidden in the Terms of Service, over.

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