New Conception for Air-to-Air Combat (1976)
Uppladdad av Johan Ivari
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Uppladdad av Johan Ivari
*** With permission from Chet Richards & Chuck Spinney, April 8, 2025. ***
This podcast is based on John R. Boyd's presentation "A New Conception for Air-to-Air Combat," and edited by Chet and Ginger Richards along with Chuck Spinney, which argues for a new way of thinking about aerial combat. Boyd criticizes existing generalizations about maneuverability and proposes a deeper understanding that emphasizes rapid changes in an aircraft's state to create confusion and disorder in the opponent. By leveraging technical and operational advantages to generate a rapidly shifting environment, the concept aims to hinder the enemy's adaptability and achieve superiority. The presentation also connects these ideas to broader theoretical concepts such as Gödel's incompleteness theorems, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, and the second law of thermodynamics.