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It seems like the pendulum has swung back in favor of air-defense systems. Also doesn't help, I am sure, that the biggest weakness of the F-35 is itself. I am a
by iab 5y ago
It seems like the pendulum has swung back in favor of air-defense systems. Also doesn't help, I am sure, that the biggest weakness of the F-35 is itself. I am also curious, in the event of a breakout of hostilities, is there any way to emergency-reboot F-22 manufacturing? Or is 187 all we have, and that's it?
- iab 5y agoWell, apparently would cost $10b, with a required engine re-design, with approximately $200m per copy [1] https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4452474-F-22A-Production-Restart-Assessment.html https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4452474-F-22A-Produc...
- Leary 5y agoLooks like they might bench it early and replace it with 6-gen fighters. [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGvKNs-F-JI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGvKNs-F-JI
- bsder 5y ago> It seems like the pendulum has swung back in favor of air-defense systems. I presume drones did this anyway. The point of putting a human in theatre is that the situation is volatile--you don't yet know if the target is something you want to take out. If you really want to take something out, I presume drone saturation is far less expensive.