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Ukraine's F-16s claim 4,700 Russian drone shoot-downs (aerospaceglobalnews.com)
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[–] 4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Pierre Sprey was finally right after all

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (4 children)

    TIL:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Sprey

    advocated the use of energy–maneuverability theory in fighter jet design.

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  • [–] 3 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

    He was also part of something called The Fighter Mafia who insisted that fancy missiles and radar were useless and planes should only have guns and rockets.

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  • [–] 3 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

    OK that's decidedly stupid.

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  • [–] 4 points 17 hours ago* (1 child)

    It was, but I think his theory was based on true fighter combat.

    There hasn't been a proper dogfight in ages. And I don't think there will be - the only modern limitation of a fighter is the pilot - 9gs. Because of that hard constraint, his formula faces an optimization problem.

    Edit: side note, why the fuck do I have this seemingly endless slightly useless knowledge, but I can't tell you fuck all about the tech stack I have to work with at my job.

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