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I feel like people think modern air warfare is like Top Gun while the whole point is to attack out of visual range.
by CharlieDigital 4y ago
I feel like people think modern air warfare is like Top Gun while the whole point is to attack out of visual range.
- nradov 4y agoThe whole point of modern air warfare is to knock out adversary aircraft (and associated facilities and supplies) on the ground before they can ever take off by using stand-off weapons and low-observable strike platforms. NGAD will still retain some significant air-to-air capability but I expect the concept of operations will focus on avoiding those fights except as a last resort. Why risk fighting a duel with your adversary when it's safer to sneak in at night and burn his house down?