Anyone old enough to remember the panel access tool which listed at 900 dollars ? Turned out it was just a screwdriver and a clever accounting shuffle to hide the costs involved with some secret projects . I was beginning to suspect the same game was being played with this particular project and any day we are going to see a brand new NGAD that will please everyone except those who have to fight it . But sadly I am beginning to lose faith in the conspiracy theories that would support such an idea and maybe they do not have a secret replacement and this is it .
No manned Super X47 type project , no skunk works black art sub orbit fighter with Particle beam weapons and lasers for the new space force , not even hints of a secret production run of newer F22s , just this .
No wonder the enemy is emboldened, or are they being lured into an ambush ?