By Scott Taylor The controversial procurement of 88 new F-35 fighter jets for the RCAF was back in the news again last week. An anonymous whistleblower leaked documents to National Post columnist John Ivison which resulted in an article entitled How Canada’s military-industrial c
Remind me how many G’s can a human sustain for longer than 30 seconds? We’re building planes that are capable of doing things that would kill their pilots on a regular basis. Our soft, squishy bodies are the biggest limit in terms of maneuverability of the aircraft at this point.
Exactly, as mentioned in the article, manned warplanes are mostly a thing of the past in modern war.
They said that when the Avro Arrow was scrapped. There’s been at least 6 more fighter jets built since then!
Remind me how far (high) a drone can be from a good radio repeater and still be controlled?
Yeah. Thought so.
There are many types of drones, like missiles… <sheesh!>
Remind me how many G’s can a human sustain for longer than 30 seconds? We’re building planes that are capable of doing things that would kill their pilots on a regular basis. Our soft, squishy bodies are the biggest limit in terms of maneuverability of the aircraft at this point.
A signal jammer and there goes your drones.