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RQ-4 Globe Hawk
awful stuff that flies without pilot... that's the pilots are afraid
These things are a waste of money >> simple EMP or intense electro / magnetic jamming fields & it falls like a rock.
You know why these are called UAVs and not RC planes? Because they aren't remotely controlled, they fly themselves. It doesn't need a constant connection to the ground controller, that's only require for it to change what programs it's following. And even in the best conditions, the autopilot controller can't make split second changes, as UAVs are generally controlled from very far from the front line(Nevada, in the case of the US), so there is a significant signal delay.
And plus, there isn't any modern fighter aircraft that could fly through an EMP(good thing they are extremely difficult to make), and electronic warfare aircraft aren't that common these days because they were never particularly effective.
that has nothing to do with RC the plane is obviously fly by wire & majority of its systems like any other modern military plane are electronic. Strong EMP & magnetic electro fields will disable it & it falls like a rock. At least with a skilled human pilot there is a chance that the plane could be saved.
Also EMP is fairly easy to use & create its just that modern military thinking has yet to accept it potential. for example a linear Gauss gun can fire a projectile with a strong enough magnetic field enveloping it can disable the crafts avionics so long as its close to the target plane. So even if you miss you will fry the planes electronics.
I also prefer the humans ability to make intelligent judgment calls on targets. I was never too trusting with the concept of AI machines waging our wars.
But hey these are my opinions.
Oh, you really thought this through! +1
To bad you don't realise that all stearing is made through electronics. The Joystick ain't connected to the wing flaps with ropes like in WWI, they just send an electronic signal to the computer assisted manouvring system that then calculates how it should move the flaps and rudder to keep stability. Even worse, alot of the aircraft from the 80's and forward have the balance point in another possition in an aerodynamical bad possitioning meaning they are VERY unbalanced and litterly flies like a leav, twisting in the air, unless a computer assisted manouver system is used. The reason why one would make an unbalanced aircraft is that it gives you unparraled agility. Gripen and Eurofighter are typical examples, but ALL tailless aircraft also fit into this defenition, and most stealth aircraft (since they are built for stealth, not aerodynamics). The B2 would propably even look like a falling leave if it's computer got EMPed.
Among the only thing in an aircraft that is still made manually and analogy today is the eject...
Oh, by the way, EMP weapons are almost impossible to make at this time. Nuklear weapons that burst out all kinds of radiation is a whole other matter, though the shockwave travells further then the EMP.
you are right, no computer, no plane... now you can disable something simple, like a car, so computers are really everywhere...
and yes, you are only giving signals to computer where do you want to go... Gripen's flaps are moving up and down even when you are flying straight
You really have no idea about EMPs & electro magnetism in general do you -_- EMP has a longer rage than the nukes shock wave but only when you detonate it in the atmosphere. One 5 kiloton fission bomb 75-90 miles above the US will fry all electronics from cost to cost on continental USA >>
we know this since in the 60 the US made a test of this by setting off a nuke about 80 miles above the Pacific ocean. The resulting EMP fried electronics not only on the Western coast of the US but also went as far as New Zealand & the East coast of Australia.
EMP can also be generated through high induction coils & Tesla coils as well. Antimatter can also screw with electronics & yes Antimatter is 100% real its been around for almost a decade now tho its still difficult to produce & scientists (thankfully) are all too keen to keep quiet about how its exactly made.
On top of all that there is no need to be a sarcastic ******* for I have my opinions & you may have yours. >>
your opinon are based on ignorance ;)
and you really think future wars will be played with stratospheric nukes for EMP? That's just beggin for starting a global thermonuclear war.
stratospheric nukes are obsolete as are nuclear fission & fusion bombs. The future of WMDs sadly lie with antimatter due to its extreme volatility :/ For gods sake it has a mater to energy conversion ratio of 100% compared to regular nuclear bombs that only have a 1% conversion ratio 0.0
& as I stated already nuclear bombs are not the only method for producing EMP & or directed strong electric & or magnetic waves.
says who? The most sophisticated non-nuclear EMP currently requires whatever you want to "jam" to be within the EMP machine-thingy
EMP machine thingy ........ -_-
that is a really freaky ******* thing