I think payloads over platforms. That was once the mantra around the Pentagon but somehow it changed. Now? Now everything has to be uber stealth. Still not sure that's the way to go. The F-35 shows me that the electronics are the real secret sauce and that's why I think the S. Koreans have a winner. What's better a semi stealthy platform with impressive missiles that can be launched from distance along with first class sensing gear or a stealth fighter with good missiles and ok sensing?
Stealth has a shelf life. We're seeing it now with the loyal wingmen coming online. We see it with the USAF no longer talking about air dominance. We're even seeing it with the advances in AESA. Speed, operating height, sensors...the old fashioned stuff it took to win aerial fights is coming back online.
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