Ace Combat General #324
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First for fireballs
Second for superior kinematic performance to a combat load F-16.
Now that we're here: speculate on the future of aerial combat. Think 50-75 years out.
>dogfighting, obsolete or not?
>drones vs piloted craft
>changes in standard fighter size/dimensions?
>weapons systems
>stealth still viable?
Personally I suspect that fighters will to a fair extent remain the same sizes/dimensions that they are at present, even if unmanned. Beyond that I don't have much of a clue though.
Drones, probably. Maybe we could find a way to make them smaller if we can reduce the size of their engines and payload.
Variable Fighters.
it is a part of my strangereal headcannon that Knight Rider was aired in strangereal as well, but with a jet instead of a car. the question is, what is the jet equivalent of an 82 Trans-Am? it has to be a two seater where they can hide the actual pilot from the cameras.
>>dogfighting, obsolete or not?
Its obsolete now. Unless we all get amnesia and forget how to manufacture decent missiles and sensors, close range gunfights are dodo-tier.
>>drones vs piloted craft
We're gonna say greater integration of drone combat craft for sure, but they aren't going to completely replace pilots for now. The sixth gen of fighter aircraft is probably going to go the mothership with drone wingmen route, like in Yukikaze.
>>changes in standard fighter size/dimensions?
Probably the same as it is now
>>weapons systems
Lasers for anti missile defence are gonna be a thing. Smaller missiles as well, so you can pack more into the internal weapon bays of most 5th gen fighters.
>>stealth still viable?
Yes.
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Slightly crap, but with a dedicated following worldwide and exceptionally simple to keep running. Also takes well to questionable paintjobs.
...MiG-21UTI?
My thinking is that making them smaller would give them advantages in the maneuverability department, but that may not even be paramount in the next decades anyway. Their weapon capacity would be severely limited, but that's ok since you could probably count on having two smallish drones for every standard-size fighter you'd otherwise be building.
A more serious limitation would be operational range; despite their reduced size and weight, I imagine that they'd still get quite a bit less range than a full-sized fighter, especially since their wingspan would be reduced as well (I'm still assuming these drones are designed for A2A). They could still be quite handy for fleet defense and shorter-range operations though.
Yeah, I know dogfighting is in the dumps already, and I really can't anticipate much that would change that. But who knows. I concur about lasers and such for point defense against missiles too.
Coincidentally, I just started watching Yukikaze tonight, so I'm not watching your webm. But drone wingmen make a certain degree of sense; I'll have a better idea of what you're referring to sometime tomorrow when I finish the show, I guess.