I mean, I could see the A-10 being useful in a near-peer conflict unmanned piloted by a remote drone operator in a swarm of covering/scout drones with purposefully worse radar/heat signatures.
The remote drone operator could fly the A-10 employing a nuanced strategy of “Fuck As Much Shit Up As I Can In The Shortest Amount Of Time Until I Get Blown Up” (not gonna write that acronym out, but trust me it is in plenty of DOD whitepapers) military strategy developed by Henry Kissinger during his time at the Rand Corporation. The idea wouldn’t really be to take too many airframes home, but if it is WW3 than I mean who is worrying about retirement!
I mean, I could see the A-10 being useful in a near-peer conflict unmanned piloted by a remote drone operator in a swarm of covering/scout drones with purposefully worse radar/heat signatures.
The remote drone operator could fly the A-10 employing a nuanced strategy of “Fuck As Much Shit Up As I Can In The Shortest Amount Of Time Until I Get Blown Up” (not gonna write that acronym out, but trust me it is in plenty of DOD whitepapers) military strategy developed by Henry Kissinger during his time at the Rand Corporation. The idea wouldn’t really be to take too many airframes home, but if it is WW3 than I mean who is worrying about retirement!
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