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First known test dogfight between AI and human pilot carried out, US military says (news.sky.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Are you not aware of stealth aircraft and evasive maneuvers? Not to mention that missiles won't necessarily down aircraft.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

How do you deploy manned fighters against an aircraft you can't detect?

Edit: As to not downing the aircraft. That's irrelevant. It wouldn't matter if it's an air to air missile or ground to air...you just fire more.

I can buy thousands of rockets for the cost of a single F22 or F16.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

How do you deploy manned fighters against an aircraft you can’t detect?

Detect and target aren't the same thing. There's various Air Defense platforms that can detect stealth air craft but they lack the resolution necessary to target them. For targetting the launch platform has to be a lot closer.

I can buy thousands of rockets for the cost of a single F22 or F16.

Annnd were back to the Air Defense platforms being hideously expensive. Literally no one can afford enough of them to cover more than a tiny fraction of their air space.

Forget "thousands" of missiles any country larger than a Lichtenstein would to need to buy millions of them along with enough Ground Detection and Launch Stations to cover their entire border. Utterly and totally unaffordable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Hurrah Liechtenstein, safest country on planet!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You understand you need all that equipment to get a manned fighter close enough to engage. At that point firing a barrage of smart missiles is still cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And what equipment would that be?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

The big cost would be satellite and radar coverage. We have that already.