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Sixth-generation fighter jet expected to replace the F-22 beginning in 2030

• iNic 2y ago
  The age of automated warfare is beginning.
• shaqbert 2y ago
  The lessons from Ukraine war: - "zerg" cheap mass produced unit approach is superior to "protoss" expensive but few units - if you have expensive kit, better hide it in a drone/mid range rocket proof shelter - pilots are a bottlneck resource in a peer war - "jack of all trades" systems are inferior to "do one job well" systems
• solardev 2y ago
  Why? The F22 barely got any use at all. Wouldn't swarms of cheaper drones be more useful, if only to loiter and launch air to air missiles?
  • foldr 2y ago
    Possibly, but an F22 can launch an air to air missile from 65,000ft flying at Mach 2.2, which makes the missile a lot more lethal. A drone with comparable performance might not be that much cheaper.
    • solardev 2y ago
      Maybe we need missiles that can launch their own missiles...