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[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Stealth becomes obsolete

Missile defenses get better

BVR combat becomes basically impossible

Everybody always knows where everybody else is

Sixth generation fighters Retvrn to being purpose-built dogfighters/interceptors

[-] blterrible@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago

No. Humans in aircraft are on the way out. Drones are the future. When the drones are significantly cheaper than the missiles used to shoot them down, logistics inevitably wins.

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Oh I never said it would be humans piloting the sixth gen dogfighters. They're gonna be drones designed to withstand sustained 20G turns to be able to get their guns on target, commanded from something like an AWACS.

[-] reflex@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

They’re gonna be drones designed to withstand sustained 20G turns to be able to get their guns on target

Full Gallente.

[-] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

Sadly the PLAAF has already made their statement on that... sadness

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

This is true of current gen air combat, but I'm speculating about a future where dogfighting once again becomes the only way to achieve air superiority.

[-] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

It's like in dune and other things where they have shields against guns so they have to use blades again

The pure "Nah bitch WE losin" energy of the shield detonation problem is beautiful to behold

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