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Old 22nd Mar 2016, 13:48
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Originally Posted by MSOCS
AtomKraft, are you saying that, as counters exist, we shouldn't develop new technologies because, in the case of the rubbish qualities of stealth (in your view), it's a waste? That it has no utility? To believe that F-35 rests on the laurels of stealth alone is to miss the woods for the sake of a tree. What's to say you can't put a pod on an F-35? Of course, nothing is absolute. Even if an F-44 Super Raptor existed, one could find fault if pressed and it would probably cost twice what a Raptor costs ($180m-ish).

I did enjoy the Bucaneer bit though. To a point.

Whats that about "new" tech though
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