Author Topic: Comanche Program canceled (Read 1071 times)

Glasses · « **Reply #15 on:** February 23, 2004, 03:25:34 PM »

Yes now you shall all seee the US Army invest in 10 foot tall mechanized combat robots with lasers and missiles and radar and and and big arse legs you'll see damnit!

Pongo · « **Reply #16 on:** February 23, 2004, 03:26:50 PM »

And troops Rip. Well armed well trained superbly motivated troops. The US should keep pursuing its infantry kit upgrade schemes

cpxxx · « **Reply #17 on:** February 23, 2004, 03:29:03 PM »

Pity about the cancellation but unfortunately it really no longer has a role. As seen in Iraq, stealth technology is no good when the enemy have no usable radar and simply wait until the helo appears, then shoot at it. On the positive side I doubt if the technology will be wasted.

UAVs are the future anyway. The reckoning is that the next generation of fighter will be unmanned. I daresay the next generation of Observation helicopters will be unmanned too and indeed attack helicopters.

The Comanche unfortunately took so long in development that is simply became obsolete. As will pilots and aircrew in due course.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 23, 2004, 03:44:29 PM »

Like that old saying, don't fix something that isn't broken.

Apache's might be old, but they still work. Same with cobras.

Eagler · « **Reply #19 on:** February 23, 2004, 03:48:07 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Yes!
I think future combat will be a heavy dose of Remote Pilotless and Satellites combined. At least thats what I read about alot within the company newspaper.

yep

Pongo · « **Reply #20 on:** February 23, 2004, 03:49:09 PM »

I hope they think seriosly about building more A10s

AKS\/\/ulfe · « **Reply #21 on:** February 23, 2004, 04:13:04 PM »

Lose air superiority if the satellite is taken out or the signal is jammed for remote planes.

Theres always that "new technology" everyone swears will replace the older stuff, remember the philosophy behind missles?

Aircraft still have cannons on them.
-SW

hawker238 · « **Reply #22 on:** February 23, 2004, 04:27:51 PM »

The A10 is being phased out.

acepilot2 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 23, 2004, 04:31:13 PM »

this sucks.

no commanche:(

I live down in ct, sikorsky facility is just a few miles away.

So much for prototype commanches flying overhead. Was kinda hoping for that. I actually think I saw one once...

Pongo · « **Reply #24 on:** February 23, 2004, 04:33:30 PM »

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Originally posted by hawker238
The A10 is being phased out.

I know. I hope they get thier heads on straight and realise how stupid that is.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #25 on:** February 23, 2004, 04:33:34 PM »

Phased out for what? It still rocks!

Pongo · « **Reply #26 on:** February 23, 2004, 04:35:48 PM »

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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
Lose air superiority if the satellite is taken out or the signal is jammed for remote planes.

Theres always that "new technology" everyone swears will replace the older stuff, remember the philosophy behind missles?

Aircraft still have cannons on them.
-SW

Exaclty. I dont know that the Commache was the answer. But remoting the whole force structure isnt either. Some asian country introduces and make available a revalutionary man pad and the whole scheme is gone. An A10 can survive any man pad hit.
MAKE BETTER A10S YOU DWEEBS!

Pongo · « **Reply #27 on:** February 23, 2004, 04:36:49 PM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184
Phased out for what? It still rocks!

I think at best they are thinking an F16 derivitive. But maybe not even that anymore.

rpm · « **Reply #28 on:** February 23, 2004, 04:55:55 PM »

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Andrew Krepinevich, executive director of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said in an interview that he believes Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is killing off big-ticket projects that were conceived during the Cold War and that are threatening to squeeze the financial life out of projects more essential to the military's modernization.

Waiting for John Kerry to be somehow blamed for this by the Republicans.

mrblack · « **Reply #29 on:** February 23, 2004, 05:07:12 PM »

Gotta have those freed up tax dollars to chase camel jockeys around the desert .