Robot Planes To Save The Air Force

Image from Iowa State University

From New Wars:

The British Royal Air Force and the USAF are battling stringent budgets these days, where in decades past none would have questioned the purchase of advanced fighters and bombers to fill the combat wings of each. Things are so bad that some are even debating the need for air forces in an age seemingly dominated by land threats, with the RAF taking desperate measures to ensure its survival, by striking at its old antagonist the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.

In the USA, with still the world’s largest and most effective aerial armada, Defense Secretary Gates has given the country’s youngest military service a mandate to create a force more relevant to present and likely future threats. Journalist and blogger David Axe gives the details:

Read more ....

My Comment: Another must read piece from New Wars.