| The JSF or joint strike fighter will probably be the | | | | per aircraft. Not to mention the cost estimated at |
| last manned fighter plane before our Air Force | | | | $1 million to train a single fighter pilot. Indeed, the |
| and Navy move towards unmanned aerial vehicles. | | | | future of warfare is going robotic either way; that |
| This is because as the modern battles space of | | | | is to say whether it be under the ocean, on the |
| future periods becomes more net centric and | | | | water, On land or in space.Unmanned aerial |
| faster paced human pilots will be a significant risk. | | | | vehicles will need to be programmed with artificial |
| For one thing they cannot take the G-forces, | | | | intelligent attack systems so that they might |
| which will be required to get away from surface | | | | identify the enemy from any perspective, |
| to air missiles. It does not make sense to build | | | | determined targets and fire in rapid succession |
| aircraft with lots of controls that add weight, rely | | | | without hesitation or the reaction time currently |
| on slower reaction times from humans and be | | | | involved with human pilots. These unmanned aerial |
| limited by how many G-forces the human body | | | | vehicles will need to hunt in pairs, groups and |
| can take, which will hamper and eliminate the need | | | | swarms and operate in a net centric way, while |
| for super maneuverability.The days of top gun | | | | often maintaining radio or communication blackout, |
| are over much to the chagrin of the next | | | | as not to give away their position or cause us to |
| up-and-coming fighter pilots. However it is just as | | | | lose such expensive hardware. Consider this in |
| well, as we can build better maneuverable aircraft | | | | 2006. |
| out of lighter materials and save millions of dollars | | | | |