The use of manned aircraft have been fundamental to the United States since the creation of the Air Force.
known, US Air Force initially refused from a very successful program Predator drones. We had to convince the US government to the importance of developing drone technology.
Successful UAV development in Russia
meanwhile, Russia is developing a UAV 1980 of the year. Many do not remember the Russian space shuttle program, because it lasted a little longer and not reached the level of US space shuttle. Russian engineers have built a reusable spacecraft, which could work in unmanned mode.
In subsequent years, the Russian UAV technology is constantly improved. TO 1988 the Russians have been successful in the remote machine's control, Using the most advanced technology, available at the time.
Russian space shuttle «blizzard» He took off like a rocket, It was used as the orbiter and landed like a normal plane. All these advanced technologies have worked successfully in one machine.
Development of complex UAV technology long before, how this began to engage other countries, shows, as Russia was able to move forward. When Moscow refused plans to use its space shuttles in favor of UAV development, it was more to do with funding cuts and policy, than with the lack of new technological solutions.
But Russia never fully abandons its missile program. Moscow continues to dominate the field of manned and unmanned space flights.
While budget cuts do not allow them to lead the development of unmanned aerial vehicles in the same scale, as the US, Russian engineers have available a number of innovative developments and in-depth knowledge on the subject. Lack of funds forces Moscow to create a cheaper and effective drones and adapt existing unmanned missile technology, that allows you to stay ahead of America in the development of similar programs.
Russia experienced in combat in Syria a few new attack drone. The resulting experience is used to develop even larger and more menacing drone.
Unmanned technologies offer great promise for a cheap and effective solution to problems of air support. One F-35 costs about 100 millions of dollars, and the usual type of Reaper drone costs about one-fifth of this amount.
With the help of new technology, Russia can reduce the cost of military drones to 1 million dollars. At this cost can be used quite effectively from flock 100 such drones against one F-35 or five sets, like the American Reaper.
Drones are changing the way modern warfare. The US Navy has developed ships, which can trigger a swarm of drones over the enemy, capable of neutralizing any threat effectively.
In order to successfully meet the challenges of the modern battle, Russian military, probably, will use drones, capable of destroying the enemy by joint group strikes. Since they do not have funding for such development, how the F-35, they have to compete with such innovative tools, as the UAV
Andrew rich
