1957年,英国曾有人预言,有人驾驶战斗机已经过时了,将来的作战任务最好由导弹来执行。40年过去了,他的预言却应验在新一代无人机上,甚至有些西方军事专家认为,联合攻击战斗机可能是最后一种有人驾驶的攻击机了。由于无人机的费用低、设计简单,能利用现有技术,特别是不用 In 1957, some people in Britain predicted that the piloted fighter plane was out of date and the future combat missions were best performed by missiles. Forty years have passed, but his prediction is fulfilled in a new generation of UAVs. Some Western military experts even think that the Joint Strike Fighter may be the last manned attack aircraft. Due to the low cost of the drone, the design is simple, the existing technology can be utilized, and especially the non-use