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Because a pilot can control a plane when GPS is down, when jamming prevents remote control from Creech AFB, and because the Mark One eyeball is still pretty good.



A pilot still uses eyes, gyroscopes and has an understanding of terrain and how to manipulate a flight controls to make the aircraft go a certain way. Presumably all those things can be done by technology, terrain following, and autopilot systems are not new. If jamming detected it can return back to destination. I am sure it can be done for less than $1TN


Return to base automatically didn't work so well for the drone the Iranians managed to capture.

Drones seem sexy and safe, but I'd be very surprised if we didn't keep pilots in the plane for a long time.


Current visual systems are worse by Mark One eyeball - but they'll get better. At that point, a drone brain can do everything a pilot can, and more.




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