F-16 jet takes off with pilotless/empty cockpit

Oberon · 09-24-13, 11:50 PM

The Soviets were very big on automating technology, I guess they wouldn't need commissars for computers (

). If I recall correctly the original plans for the Alfa SSN called for it to have a crew no bigger than about twenty, and everything else would be automated. Unfortunately the design bureau was writing cheques that technology couldn't cash and so the compromise and re-designing began and thus the 'Golden Fish' was born.

09-24-13, 11:50 PM	#14
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	The Soviets were very big on automating technology, I guess they wouldn't need commissars for computers (). If I recall correctly the original plans for the Alfa SSN called for it to have a crew no bigger than about twenty, and everything else would be automated. Unfortunately the design bureau was writing cheques that technology couldn't cash and so the compromise and re-designing began and thus the 'Golden Fish' was born.