And there it is. We can't have nice things because we want gold plated things.https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1364309072665837569 …
Always amazes me that the institutional habit of robust, logistically flexible, 'good enough' US equipment that got us through the second world war seems abandoned in favor of a blind pursuit of the 'cutting edge' that more resembles the German approach to materiel in the 40s.
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But then I suppose that is what happens when you are always looking for one more 'technological offset' to sustain strategic incoherence and overreach that demands dominance everywhere at all times.
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I guess what amazes me is that the F-35 was supposed to radically reduce the number of types in service for efficiency, but when it's all done we will replace 5 types (F-14, F-15, F-16, F/A-18, AV-8B) with...5 types (F-35, F-22, Super Hornet, F-15EX, whatever this new LWF is).
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I think things may not be quite as bad as the article portrays. Other write-ups on Gen. Brown’s comments talk about how much improvements in digital architecture sped up the new trainer program, which makes a cheap 4.5 Gen more feasible.https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/usaf-rethinks-future-fleet-ponders-clean-sheet-45-generation-fighter/142471.article …
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Also mentions the next-Gen tech demonstrator that stunned everyone last year with how fast it was built. So it almost sounds like more of an opportunity to do something that wasn’t thought possible previously. Granted, the F-35 has real flaws. But I think some are overblown.
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That doesn't on it's face seem accurate... Almost every American weapon I can think of saw significant improvement during WW2: Brewster Buffalo -> Vought Corsair B17 -> B-29 1903 Springfield -> M1 Garand And so on.
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Even Sherman tanks and Liberty ships were technical innovations, just optimized for something other than the pointy end of the logistics train. None of which is to say the f-35 looks likely to be a good investment. Those things are the battleships of now.
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Brought to mind the classic science fiction short story "Superiority" by Arthur C. Clarke. OTOH: America fought the first phases of WWII with what they had. But the technologically superior Essexes, P-38s, P-51s and B 29s were already on the drawing board.
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