Originally Posted by
Courtney Mil
Again, why the need for Growlers if the F-35 is so fifth generation and its stealth so good?
This is an easy answer:
1. Because for the next 15 years, not every mission will be flown by F-35's.
2. Because one can expect the EM spectrum to get more interesting, not less so, and our old habits of keeping some EW in a strike package aren't all bad.