"Navy’s UCLASS Could Be Air to Air Fighter" Topic
6 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Remember that you can Stifle members so that you don't have to read their posts.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the Modern Naval Discussion (1946 to 2013) Message Board
Areas of InterestModern
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Link
Top-Rated Ruleset
Featured Showcase Article Looking for an armored car with some punch?
Featured Profile Article
Featured Movie Review
|
| Tango01 | 16 Feb 2014 9:37 p.m. PST |
"Could the U.S. Navy's future Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) aircraft have an air-to-air role? The service's director of air warfare Rear Adm. Mike Manazir posed that it could during a Dec. 20 interview with USNI News.
Manazir contemplated the possibility that that the UCLASS, which is primarily being designed for the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and strike roles, could be used as a flying missile magazine which could supplement the firepower of the F/A-18E/F and F-35C Joint Strike Fighter in air-to-air combat as a robotic wingman of sorts. "Maybe we put a whole bunch of AMRAAMs (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile) on it and that thing is the truck," Manazir said. "So this unmanned truck goes downtown with—as far as it can go—with a decision-maker."…" link Full article here.
link Amicalement
Armand |
| Ron W DuBray | 17 Feb 2014 9:52 a.m. PST |
I keep saying just that about Unmanned fighters, hell you build them to make 60G turns and a maned aircraft just would not have much of a chance. |
| GROSSMAN | 17 Feb 2014 5:43 p.m. PST |
Yes, they could fly CAP for the F-35s ;) |
| Lion in the Stars | 17 Feb 2014 11:00 p.m. PST |
I've said it before, IMO the UCLASS needs to be able to carry 2x AMRAAMs or Meteors, 2x HARM (or equivalent), and 2x 2000lb bombs (or 8x GBU53 Small Diameter Bombs). Note that this is a step up from the F35, which can't carry HARM internally. |
| Wellspring | 18 Feb 2014 6:54 a.m. PST |
GROSSMAN…. lol, nice one. :) And possibly true. |
|
snapped some photos of games he didn't get a chance to play in at Council of Five Nations.