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Actually, it's turning out to be this generation's TFX, which was supposed to do all the missions of the F-22 and F-35 except V/STOL. It was eventually reduced
by hga 12y ago
Actually, it's turning out to be this generation's TFX, which was supposed to do all the missions of the F-22 and F-35 except V/STOL. It was eventually reduced to one plane, the F-111: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark#Tactical_Fighter_Experimental_.28TFX.29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvar... See The Strategy of Technology for many more details: http://www.jerrypournelle.com/slowchange/Strat.html http://www.jerrypournelle.com/slowchange/Strat.html
- fnordfnordfnord 12y ago>Actually, it's turning out to be this generation's TFX, Yeah, that thing. Also, Robert McNamara.
- hga 12y agoYou know, you might say most of our national defense establishment is operating at the (in)competence level of McNamara, with not-coincidentally similar results. With his actions at the World Bank after being sacked from the DoD I'm not sure there's a single man who caused more suffering and death than him in the 2nd half of the 20th Century.