Or a sad admission of perverse obsession. I wouldn't want anyone following me around and noting anytime I've failed. As I've said here before, I'm from nj and Trump has always been the butt of bankruptcy jokes around here. But regardless having taken the time to compose that list to either "own" Trump or his followers doesn't seem healthy.
For a guy that wants to cut social programs he sure does love spending money to put his name on useless shit.
He's just a narcissist born with the means to get his way his entire life.
Gillis pointed out that he’s never given a genuine laugh or smile. It’s possible that he’s on the spectrum. It would make a lot of sense TBH.
He cut social programs so Leon can have more money for Hair plugs. Bezo also just married a chick with giant bolt ons, giant bolt on chicks are not cheap.
That's a submarine.
What advantages would a SAM drone offer over existing SAMs?
Just spread out over a larger area. You could send a SAM drone from a drone carrier 100+ km in each direction, expanding the zone of air control.
I think the WH ballroom will get half built, cost a billion dollars, and somehow still be out of money when it's only half finished.
You seem to be talking about a UCAV, not a SAM lol. Your post just caught my eye beacuse of all the buzzwords.
Ukraine has a few versions of sea drones that they've put anti-air missiles on. They even rigged some with air-to-air missiles that launch from the sea drone. But they've built a more professional version with their Magura V7 drone:
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The Sidewinder's range doesn't cut it for naval warfare and is worse than what's already available to the Navy, be it air cover or SAMs. How would these unmanned vessels even detect aircraft from a peer power?Ukraine has a few versions of sea drones that they've put anti-air missiles on. They even rigged some with air-to-air missiles that launch from the sea drone. But they've built a more professional version with their Magura V7 drone:
AP reveals rare photos of Ukraine’s Magura V7 sea drone armed with anti-aircraft missiles
Efrem Lukatsky, chief of the Associated Press bureau in Ukraine, has released rare images of Ukraine’s Magura V7 naval drone.
The USA could easily build these small sea drones who's only job is to carry anti-air missiles and launch them from a drone carrier ship. They extend the range of your anti-air missiles and if you lose them, you still don't take any casualties.
Ukraine had shot down fighter jets with their MaguraV7 drone. I don't think it's capabilities have been made public, although I do not believe it has an onboard radar. I believe the goal is to eventually network these drones with something like the F16 Link system, so it can get radar data from AWACS.
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These unmanned sea drones are cheaper and more effective with a longer roaming range than anything the US could have built in the 80s. This technology is just scratching the surface. I agree with you that right now, today, the technology is not ready for strategic air denial of a large area. But I'm assuming 10-20 years in the future, it might be.
Ukraine was able to pull it off because they knew where the enemy was (aka the drones were hanging out near a Russian base. You don't get the same luxury at sea, where you have to defend a radius of hundreds of miles.Ukraine had shot down fighter jets with their MaguraV7 drone. I don't think it's capabilities have been made public, although I do not believe it has an onboard radar. I believe the goal is to eventually network these drones with something like the F16 Link system, so it can get radar data from AWACS.
These drones can have hundreds of km range (round trip). Whatever onboard targeting Ukraine uses, they have something. Because they can shoot down Russian fighter jets, so your assertion that the Aim9 on these drones can't shoot down peer power jets is incorrect.
Ukraine says it shot down Russian fighter jet from sea drone for first time
Ukraine destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet using a missile fired from a seaborne drone, Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency announced on Saturday, in what it said was the world's first downing of a combat plane by a maritime drone.Two Russian Su-30 Flankers Downed By AIM-9s Fired From Drone Boats: Ukrainian Intel Boss
The event marks the first time drone boats downed fighters and the first successful use of AIM-9 missiles to take down any aircraft via drone boat.
You're running into basic physics problems. There's only so much you can do to make a small vessel a capable warship in open waters. The reason the Sidewinder was used was because it's extremely light, hence the useless range for naval warfare. Why put less capable missiles on drone platforms for air defense when you have destroyers that are more capable of detecting and destroying targets and carry far more missiles?
