05-24-2011, 08:35 PM
Bear with me on this, last night I was thinking that UCAV's or Unmanned Combat Ariel Vehicle (I think is correct), are becoming more and more prominent in the modern military branches.
Let's skip forward a decade or three and imagine that the UCAV's started becoming much, much more specialized.
Imagine a UCAV Interceptor that has been programed thoroughly over the years to have a wide array of tactics at its disposal, not to mention incredible agility due to the lack of the 'human element'. This means that in the future, it is very possible to have a UCAV air wings replacing the current air wings, though I doubt completely.
A scary thought is, what if someone decides to make a Navy Carrier dedicated to UCAV fighters and bombers? In my mind it would be much smaller since UCAV's can be more miniturized, and there is far lower manpower requirement, making the carrier lighter, faster and potentially more deadly than the current carriers of the world.
There is one other factor, people may be more willing to go to war, or stay at war with the use of UCAV wings since people are very far away from the front line, if there even is one!
One thing I can see coming, is a dedicated Carrier for UCAV's, to supplement the current generation yes, but think. A mass wave of UCAV's with anti-ship missiles that are not afraid of anything. Can a Navy stand up to them if they develop Stealth UCAV's?
Let's skip forward a decade or three and imagine that the UCAV's started becoming much, much more specialized.
Imagine a UCAV Interceptor that has been programed thoroughly over the years to have a wide array of tactics at its disposal, not to mention incredible agility due to the lack of the 'human element'. This means that in the future, it is very possible to have a UCAV air wings replacing the current air wings, though I doubt completely.
A scary thought is, what if someone decides to make a Navy Carrier dedicated to UCAV fighters and bombers? In my mind it would be much smaller since UCAV's can be more miniturized, and there is far lower manpower requirement, making the carrier lighter, faster and potentially more deadly than the current carriers of the world.
There is one other factor, people may be more willing to go to war, or stay at war with the use of UCAV wings since people are very far away from the front line, if there even is one!
One thing I can see coming, is a dedicated Carrier for UCAV's, to supplement the current generation yes, but think. A mass wave of UCAV's with anti-ship missiles that are not afraid of anything. Can a Navy stand up to them if they develop Stealth UCAV's?