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Sometimes you need a Ferrari. Sometimes you need a bunch of hooligans with bullets in a converted tractor. But being caught without either, when you need one i
by digi59404 6y ago
Sometimes you need a Ferrari. Sometimes you need a bunch of hooligans with bullets in a converted tractor.
But being caught without either, when you need one isn't a good place to be in.
- sorokod 6y agoNot one Ferrari but many. Sticking to the analogy, in what circumstances do you need many Ferraris?
- decafninja 6y agoPeer state war where everyone has Ferraris? Or at least fleets of Benzes, so you want to one up them with fleets of Ferraris. Even without getting into a shooting war, you could argue your Ferraris will terrify the Benzes from even coming out to play, thus avoiding war. Not to mention the Toyotas and the Volkswagens. That said, I know some people will argue a peer state war between superpowers (say, US, Russia, China, etc.) will inevitably escalate to nuclear. I don't claim to know enough to say how valid that is. Also, at full production, the US is supposed to have a ridiculously overwhelming large zerg fleet of F-35s (more than 2000 between the branches, according to wikipedia). That totally eclipses anything planned by Russia or China for their own 5th gen fighters.
- Dylan16807 6y agoDefine many? When your operational area is most of the planet, you obviously need more than one! I could describe 25 as "squadrons" but that wouldn't be too many.
- lmm 6y agoBuilding a handful of an experimental, envelope-pushing design is reasonable. Mass-producing hundreds of a mainline fighter is reasonable. Combining both in the same aircraft, and ramping up production before you've validated the design, always seemed crazy to me.