[Mobhack]

Nope.

if you want a fast mover air recce pass - use a strike plane, as it gives you target information instantly, unlike a real strike plane or recce job where the information has to be sent back to the air force and passed down the chain of command before the battlefield commander gets the info.

The present UAVs do the job perfectly well for what they are intended for - overflying areas with no real anti-air capability. Flying over any modern army with a real anti-air capability better than 12.7mm AAMGS, drones would have a very short life expectancy indeed - no manoeuvrability, negligible ECM, long reaction times as the signals are bounced back and forwards to Nevada or wherever the controller lives. And that is what happens in-game against a capable opponent.

Drones can only live where there are no fighters or decent SAM systems defending - as proved in the Georgian war. Handy in areas without air defence, mind you.

Sure - there are those models that live up at stratospheric altitudes where the U-2s live, but they are national strategic assets and so the ground commander will only be receiving intel from those many hours, or days, later as part of his daily intelligence brief. Not instantly.


cheers
Andy