(February 16, 2014 at 1:57 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I think we are quickly reaching the stage where manned aircraft will be obsolete. Period.
I don't really know, but I would think duplicating sitrep in an unmanned drone would be very difficult. Not to mention the Vietnam experience in which we gave up on dogfighting because it was believed that the era was past, only to get our butts kicked when that rosy prediction turned out to be wrong.