The Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration Program: A New Dawn for Naval Aviation?

On 13 Lip, 17:59, Mike wrote:
The Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration Program: A New
Dawn for Naval Aviation?
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessmentshttp://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/PubLibrary/S.20070711.The_Unm...


I must say it makes me sick a bit when the prophets of the new era
keep telling about people made redundandant, and hyperintelligent
machines fighting their own war. But I think the UCAS programme MUST
have some weak points, for example:

1. Increased exposure to jamming and communication breakdowns (let's
imagine a large-scale conflict again - with GPS satellites splashed
and some "small" tactical nuclear warheads detonated), or just a
broken communication link between UCAS and its mother-station on a
ship or manned aircraft.

2. No real ability to tell the difference between friend and foe (much
higher risk of blue-on-blue kills), to prioritize variety of tasks and
targets, to be "more humane" in situations where collateral damage is
highly possible.

3. Last but not least, if making war was so easy, politicians could be
too fond of it...

Any other ideas?;-)

Best regards,
Jacek