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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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[-] TheControlled@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Imagine the pressure on the pilot from their buddies... You would never live down losing

[-] WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

AI technically already won this debate because autonomous war drones are somewhat ubiquitous.

I doubt jets are going to have the usefulness in war that they used to.

Much more economical to have 1000 cheap drones with bombs overwhelm defenses than put your bets on one "special boi" to try and slip through with constantly defeated stealth capabilities.

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[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Only cookies youre gonna get me to voluntarily accept are oatmeal raisin, so imma have to pass

[-] SeabassDan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

"Luck is one of my skills" when it turns out this entire thing is a terrible idea for the date of humanity.

[-] sanae@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ace Combat 7 IRL

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Planes have been able to be remote-controlled since the 80s.

Since the 80s.

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