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Seeing similar about 432, and even Spartan.

Did that video say it (could) use AI targeting without supervision? So, every strike would be on a hospital full of orphaned nuns.

Swiwin SW800Pro motor would, at full power, use about 1.9kg of fuel per minute. For the range and speed given, that's about 80kg of fuel. There's plenty of information around about their smaller motors. This one retails at over £28,000, which might mean about the same in dollars.

Are we channelling the (now retired) Anthony Williams again? Has anything changed in favour of the mythical intermediate cartridge since just about everyone here was against it then?

Drone warfare is a rapidly evolving new military science, and primes are generally not well suited to fast changes. They can do it, but it involves a different culture and usually the evisceration of heavyweight corporate process. It may be better to let the startups work through it with teaming arrangements with the big primes acting as consultants to smooth the way through DoD red tape to get the capabilities more quickly. The primes can always invest in these startups/SMEs through stock purchases at promising times, as both investment and project funding directly. That way the gov. doesn't get stuck with their collective coats hanging on one expensive hook, they can go with survivors.

I make no judgement on the quality, but what is it being ocmpared to? IRST? WHich, in the form delivered to Ukraine is a purpose built SAM, not a hastily converted AAM.

Get chatgpt to lie about what he's said in a cliff notes version. Your response will likely be as accurate and well considered as anything else coming out of the US on this topic.

It's normally "sales told the customer it did stuff."

Some interesting, if true, snippets with respect to the twin ASRAAM launcher in Ukraine. -400 launches - claimed 70% kills -8 in country -5 more for delivery Looks like they have some retained for training purposes, but those seen in the video could be on acceptance trials.

Would it work as a Supermax?

Aside from Hollywood, Joerg Sprave did one a few years ago, called the "Instant Legolas". Quite effective.

Guess how much it would weigh by the time they'd Americanised the requirements for it. Might be better bringing back the M41, modern ammunition, FCS and engine, slap on era for the placebo effect and call it done.

It's very often the case that the person at the pointy end gets blamed for failing to block the last hole in the Swiss cheese. Sure, both pilot and instructor/check pilot should have fixed this, but if the rest of the system isn't good enough, then it should also take some of the heat. Remember, proper accident investigations determine causes, they don't assign blame. Even if a pilot makes a mistake, they may have been put into a position where a mistake was the most likely outcome. I'm not saying that's the case here, but it might be so, and we may never know. The tendency for some (in the media, or vested interests in the whole system of systems that may also be causal) to stop looking for causes when they can pin it on pilot error does the cause of flight safety no favours. It's also disappointing that many think that the presencel of ovaries in the pilot is sufficient reason to stop looking for other contributors.

Would "retranslation" be the same as "relay" in this case? I.e. they act as an intermediate communication link?

The sandwich filling appears to be fibrous. Some form of GRP(?), which would be odd for bulging, I would have thought.