Re: Can someone please...
"So why not just retrofit some C-130s to have consoles where the pilots of drones sit to keep the latency relatively low."
"Because then I can just retrofit some Bears with big directional transmitters and jam your transmissions to the drones, or use HARM-type missiles against your C130s"
very true. and then more sophisticated means are used to counter the jamming (some kind of adaptive spread-spectrum or multi-aircraft mesh or something) but the HARM-type missile issue remains, as you're transmitting and therefore aren't very 'stealthy'.
I guess we'll need sentient robot stealth planes. Hello, Skynet!