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The Unmanned Air Force
coondoggie writes "How important have unmanned aircraft become to the US military? Well how's this: the Air Force says next year it will acquire more unmanned aircraft than manned. Air Force Lt. Gen. Norman Seip this week said the service is 'all in' when it comes to developing unmanned systems and aircraft. 'Next year, the Air Force will procure more unmanned aircraft than manned aircraft,' the general said. 'I think that makes a very pointed statement about our commitment to the future of [unmanned aircraft] and what it brings to the fight in meeting the requirements of combatant commanders.'"
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Bwahahaha I'm so gonna believe that, you didn't even know how something much smaller than a F-22 could have a much larger radar cross-section. Noob.
Yeah, a UAVed F-22, that is SO gonna happen. Just a geek wet dream, UAVs are meant to be expendable, you won't make a 137.5 million dollars UAV, for what benefit to outweight the extra costs and disadvantages? Besides, many people have mentioned superior g-load possibility if you don't have a human in, but the F-22 is only rated to sustain +9 G anyways.
You just got troll'd!