Elon Musk tells a room full of Air Force pilots: ‘The fighter jet era has passed’

[Darth Vader]

And Who ever will achieve quantum supremacy 1st will dominate next century.
AI will always dominate humans in decision making and in response time.

Pakistan has not even begin anything in this field, heck no Muslim country has taken any serious steps towards this

 

[Sineva]

Musk will one day become Iron Man

Its already been done I`m afraid.

 

[khansaheeb]

I said that 20 years ago, but then I am not Alan Musk. Hear this, the future of warfare is a sneeze.

 

[Itachi]

I said that 20 years ago, but then I am not Alan Musk. Hear this, the future of warfare is a sneeze.

Who's that?

Hear this, the future of warfare is a sneeze.

That's what people said with the invention of swords, guns and machine guns...

Warfare evolves just like different species evolve in a evolutionary battle.

 

[Sineva]

Who's that?

He`s Elons younger twin brother
He was a well known chainsaw juggler until a tragic accident during a performance left him minus a lower leg and horribly scarred facially.

Heres a recent photo.These days he works as a test driver putting the latest tesla models through their paces in the most extreme environments.

 

[fitpOsitive]

Ohh looks like Elon Musk wants to get into the defense sector

He is above that abstraction layer

Published Fri, Feb 28 20204:29 PM EST

Key Points

• Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk predicted Friday that the future of war would be carried out by autonomous drones and not by legacy aircraft.
• “The fighter jet era has passed,” Musk said during a fireside chat with U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Thompson at the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando.
• Musk also said that Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet, which is the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons system, should have a competitor.

Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, speaks with US Air Force Lieutenant General John Thompson, commander Space and Missile Systems Center commander at Space Pitch Day in San Francisco, California.

ORLANDO, Fla., — Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk predicted Friday that the future of war would be carried out by autonomous drones and not by legacy aircraft.

“The fighter jet era has passed,” Musk said during a fireside chat with U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Thompson at the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida. “Drone warfare is where the future will be. It’s not that I want the future to be – it’s just, this is what the future will be,” he added.

Musk also said that Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet, which is the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons system, should have a competitor.

“The Joint Strike Fighter, there should be a competitor ... that’s a controversial subject but I don’t think it’s good to have one provider,” Musk said. He later elaborated on Twitter that the F-35 competitor should be a drone.

“The competitor should be a drone fighter plane that’s remote-controlled by a human, but with its maneuvers augmented by autonomy. The F-35 would have no chance against it,” he wrote.

A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter approaches at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.

Throughout his discussion with Thompson, Musk warned that the United States was at risk of falling behind other nations if it did not prioritize innovation.

“This is not something that was a risk in times past but is a risk now,” Musk said. “I have zero doubt that if the United States doesn’t seek innovation in space it will be second in space.”

Musk also predicted that the Chinese economy will eventually surpass the United States’ by at least two-fold.

“A thing that will feel pretty strange is that the Chinese economy is probably going to be at least twice as big as the United States’ economy, maybe three times,” Musk said.

“The foundation of war is economics,” Musk said. “If you have half the resources of the counterparty then you better be real innovative, if you’re not innovative, you’re going to lose.”


Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/elon-musk-says-the-fighter-jet-era-has-passed.html

He is partially right. Pakistan should start asap its technology acquisition in fields of :

Hypersonic intercontinental carriers.
Hypersonic drone technology
Satellite and sensor building
Air defense systems networking
Laser technologies for air based systems.

I will urge Pakistan hec to give scholarships to bachelor level to PhD level students for pristegiou universities of world like Crane field, MIT, UC California etc..

Pakistan medical research guys should also be getup now, specially current biological attack on China.

 

[Beast]

 

[Aspen]

He is above that abstraction layer


He is partially right. Pakistan should start asap its technology acquisition in fields of :

Hypersonic intercontinental carriers.
Hypersonic drone technology
Satellite and sensor building
Air defense systems networking
Laser technologies for air based systems.

I will urge Pakistan hec to give scholarships to bachelor level to PhD level students for pristegiou universities of world like Crane field, MIT, UC California etc..

Pakistan medical research guys should also be getup now, specially current biological attack on China.

Agree completely.

Ironically I actually attended this conference because I live in Orlando. It was cool seeing Elon Musk, I am not surprised at all that he said F35's have no chance compared to a fighter drone. USAF wasted money on F35 when they could've made a hypersonic drone like China's WZ-8. Maybe DARPA is already doing it.

As far as Pakistan, MIRV capability should be expanded, functional EMP weapon should be added, and possibly directed energy weapons like what Turkey is using in Libya. Building a hypersonic drone would also be a smart idea but that will come after Pakistan develops a functional space program.