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The swedish gripen can do mach2 (2300km/h) and does not need a traditional runway (500 meters of something "flat enough" will do). I assume its way cheaper than
by phplovesong 7mo ago
The swedish gripen can do mach2 (2300km/h) and does not need a traditional runway (500 meters of something "flat enough" will do). I assume its way cheaper than something like this.
- RandallBrown 7mo agoCan it hover?
- phplovesong 7mo agoWhy do you need hover? Its a pretty useless thing that requires shitloads of engineering (for a plane, not a heli). It sounds like a hollywood movie like requirement that is built for the purpose of burning tax payer dollars.
- Zigurd 7mo agoI suppose the argument is that X-76 could work in environments without roads. But that also implies without fuel or any other support on the ground.
- phplovesong 7mo agoWhat usecase is this? Where is a place "without roads", and that can be important enough for something like this?
- gorgoiler 7mo agoThat doctrine works great for defending your homeland, when you are taking off from your roadside base and coming back home to a road-based airfield already on the map. My understanding of these VTOL aircraft is they need to travel a long way, quickly, and set down in far less predictable conditions.
- phplovesong 7mo agoAre you saying these are for human transport? Sounds like real niche in modern warfare.