tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post677620846101581524..comments2023-10-29T05:29:58.599-04:00Comments on Right-Side-of-Lowell: We Still Need Fighter PilotsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-9390710094987686152009-09-16T16:24:11.017-04:002009-09-16T16:24:11.017-04:00Two problems with "drones." Well, actua...Two problems with "drones." Well, actually, three problems. The first problem is that they are drones. The second is that their is no cumulative wisdom based on long experience (emphasis on wisdom), and finally, they represent a cheap way out of a difficult but necessary cost of protection of national sovereignty. The AF thinks it can get the same results without paying the labor costs resultant from having a warm-blooded occupant in the cockpit.<br /><br />I am just waiting for the day that some hostile will figure out that they too can shoot down a drone. Let's face it, the Predator, et al are not exactly "speedsters."<br /><br />It is all about the money....and very little if any at all about combat effectiveness.ncrosslandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667362872097065210noreply@blogger.com