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Old 1st Jul 2015, 14:27
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Bastardeux
 
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Bevo, a nice little summary!

And with the latest AESA radars, I've come to the conclusion that the whole doctrine needs to be re-evaluated; it's only a matter of time before the level of sensor fusion in hostile platforms becomes capable enough of tracking this generation of stealth aircraft...shockingly, I also fear the counter-capability will proliferate quicker than the aircraft, which will be a first! Then all we'll be left with is a very expensive sitting duck that we have hinged our entire air combat strategy upon.

Why not pile our future development into a handful of the next generation of 'stealthy' drones, let them take on the really nasty ground based A2/AD threats, and information hoovering ability, then get a whole lot more flexible and cheaper manned aircraft for all the other conventional roles?...data linked to the Int hoovering drones of course.

Just my two cents, obviously.
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