Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Zachstar
But that's it. Anything else just is better unmanned. Because Unmanned scales. 100 UAVs scanning an area 24/7 is better than 1 AWACs that is a sitting duck if an enemy somehow manages to slip through. 100 UAVs sniping insurgents in a town is better than 1 Apache having to attack and duck to avoid RPGs. Heck even against fighters 100 UAVs being missile trucks and losing most of em to take out the enemy air force is worth it.
|
Assuming they work as intended sure, but anything remotely controlled is subject to being jammed or enslaved. Maybe not very easily as UnderseaLcpl says but technical oneupsmanship has a long and successful history.
Imagine control of your 100 UAV's being seized by an enemy and used against their previous owners. A UAV does what it's told to. Period, end of story, It's a lot more difficult to convince a human pilot to (deliberately) attack his own side.