Judging war plane by it's ability of supersonic flight is stupid too. Most air to air missiles are way faster than most warplanes, and missiles have more capabi

Judging war plane by it's ability of supersonic flight is stupid too. Most air to air missiles are way faster than most warplanes, and missiles have more capability to increase speed if R/D is poured into it. Putting money in radar stealth beyond certain point is stupid too. IR is increasing range, that might be way more important in near future than radar, as it's passive. Also optical tracking and long wave radar with sophisticated signal processing are coming too. Radio controlled drones are risky business as the connection can be hacked or jammed. If IR jamming by lasers really hits off, then we are back to guns in dogfight. Pulling high G maneuvers are BTW not very good indicator of turning ability. High G high speed turn might take ages compared to low speed medium G turn. Modern high power/weight ratio fighter planes still compete with modern missiles. Weird but WWII era Mosquito with IR/optical sensors and autonomous flying looks like the future. It's cheap, low signature and can't be jammed/hacked. If you could hire pilots to fly these things cheaper than construct the chips needed, then it might come sooner than 2080. (I'm looking at you China..)