The $300 Million Fighter the USAF Doesn’t Need
NGAD: The $300 Million 6th Generation Fighter the Air Force Doesn’t Need? – The Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter program, intended to replace the F-22 Raptor, faces scrutiny over its high costs and necessity in the evolving landscape of aerial warfare.
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GUNS N GEAR
The problem with fighters, or bombers, is that it’s not WWII anymore. From the time that someone decides we need a new aircraft, to the time it becomes operational is on the order of twenty to thirty years.
If you wait to make that decision until you need it, you’re likely screwed in today’s quickly evolving technology races. In a straight up fight F-15s could dominate over the previous generation’s F-4s (though if the F-4s were sneaky . . . ). It is said that in a similar fight one F-22 can take on and defeat five F-15s. This is the advantage of improved technology.
In reality, you need to keep refreshing the systems to maintain pace with your adversaries. Yeah it stinks, but that’s the way it is.
Matt
A fraction of the cost of a manned fleet, my ass. Its prime benefit is the aircraft wont ignore an unconstitutional order and will kill the taxpayers that bought it without question.T
“A fraction of the cost of a manned fleet, my ass. Its prime benefit is the aircraft wont ignore an unconstitutional order and will kill the taxpayers that bought it without question.T”
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Contrary to SciFi movies, that’s not how it works. The manned aircraft (NGAD) is accompanied by the unmanned aircraft (CCA). The manned aircraft designates the targets and assigns them to the CCAs. The CCAs then prosecute the attack on their assigned target.
This is absolutely how it’s done today. You have a flight of aircraft, a flight lead and wingman. The flight lead assigns the formation to be flown, the search patterns for each aircraft, gathers the information, makes the decision on whether to attack or not, assigns targets & duties to the various wingman, clears them to engage, and then each prosecutes the attack on their assigned target. Same, same.
The only difference is that in this case the wingmen would be electronic. Hell it may be better as there would be a data link between the NGAD and the CCAs so he could recall them and/or stop them from engaging if he felt that were appropriate. Try stopping a hopped up Lieutenant once he gets excited and stops hearing the radio.
As to not following unconstitutional orders, you know that a recent Joint Chief of Staff told his folks not to follow the Commander in Chief’s orders don’t you? You know that the military has gone extremely woke don’t you? You know most all conservative officers, that actually have a spine, have been driven out don’t you? There have been studies as to whether military members would fire on US citizens. The results aren’t reassuring.
This isn’t some Skynet doomsday scenario. It’s one guy controlling the targeting of multiple aircraft. They will be not better nor worse than he is.
Matt