Re: Political posturing
A $100M in China or Russia goes alot further than a $100M in USUK as the cost of living is more expensive in USUK land.
Interesting to note the UK Taranis drone has gone all quiet.
What advantages does it bring over a conventional aircraft? Can pull tighter maneuver's more G force which humans cant tolerate, slightly more weapons and fuel capacity over conventional aircraft.
What are its weaknesses? Games console players with a passing interest in hacking might upgrade from the games console to real life and take matters into their own hands. Lets not forget the virus that made into onto the ISS, but hacking the communications and brains is more of a challenge especially when you can do a flyby over the Mall!
Cant see the RAF wanting to down one of their own, even if its just a bot riding a controlled explosion.
Are the custom distro's running things like the F35 and other Mil hardware really that secure?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
