Comments on: Erik Prince’s Fighting Crop Duster

By: lucklucky

lucklucky — Sun, 08 May 2016 07:20:25 +0000

I wonder when car industry get models like that too.

By: Johann Theron

Johann Theron — Sat, 07 May 2016 08:08:15 +0000

Great idea by Prince. I also like his other idea of a sort of balloon drone. But certainly the Red Kestrel (Rooivalk) Attack Helicopter designed in South Africa aspired to the same ideals that Prince seems to require (and more). The platform stability is very important, but what I am interested in is his intended weapon systems. That will be key, and he can buy nice stand-off stuff via his clients in Africa, from South Africa – who has been doing it for 30 years.

By: Ivvenalis

Ivvenalis — Sat, 07 May 2016 03:28:28 +0000

Reliable, relatively low tech surface-to-air guided weapons will proliferate; the tech is 50 years old now and the batteries, sensors, and guidance are all smaller, cheaper, and more reliable than ever. Using 1930s aircraft against 1960s air defense is a losing proposition, just like using 1950s armor against 1980s antitank weapons.