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The aircraft flew up to speeds of 1,200mph. DARPA did not reveal which aircraft won the dogfight.

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[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

I meant to just shoot the other plane without having to point your plane straight at them

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago

Most dogfights are done by missiles these days. You lock on, fire, and forget. A ballistic projectile wouldn't be useful at those ranges. I guess if AI fighter jets change progression to bring things back to close-in combat something like that may be useful. I don't predict it'd happen, but there's a chance. Missiles can just pack so much more thrust-per-second into a small package than a jet can, but AI jets could be a lot more agile and essentially a missile firing missile, or similar, letting them close distance better whole avoiding incoming ordinance.

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