The Future

[Gilly]

I thought immediately of 'Ace Combat- The Belkan War' with the ADFX-02.
Imagine having an aircraft equipped with this!- like a lightsabre scything the sky!

[dkwookie]

Some news on the UAV scene. Iran have unveiled an unmanned bomber. Their president dubbed it "A messenger of Honor and human generosity"

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug...drone-20100823

Surely the strangest description of a combat aircraft in history

Also it appears an unmanned helicopter decided to violate Washington airspace
http://www.navytimes.com/mobile/inde...s-dc-082510%2F

[bobbysocks]

Originally Posted by Shadowcorp

the whole drone thing is really starting to take off, how long before they start recruiting from videogames for pilots?

been done before....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Nax...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFOHy...eature=related

[dkwookie]

Nice one Bobby, classic film that. There is a fan made pc version of the arcade game Alex plays in the film. I was desperate to play that arcade game back when the film came out. It's actually pretty fun to play it these days.

I don't hold with remakes but this film is crying out for one

[bobbysocks]

i think so too. with the CGA and the popularity of game systems...IF done right..would be awesome and fun.

[dkwookie]

Didn't want to start a new thread on this so banging it in here.

Did anyone see the news about defence cut proposal that the UK and France should share aircraft carriers?!

http://en.mercopress.com/2010/08/31/...ier-capability

This is ridiculous. What happens if we go to war against each other, paint a line down the flight deck and have a tug of war?

[JOED70]

Dont worry about that if War was to break out the French crew would imediatly surender and pack their cheese wheels and head for home .

[Lexandro]

The MoD has already ruled out carrier sharing, as its a non-starter. They have agreed on principle to share cargo duties with both countries A400M fleets of transport aircraft.