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But that's for defence, they'll still be useful, and not every country has a stealth fighter. The F-117,on the other hand, has been retired after extremely high maintenance costs and not seeing much action. But i guess the stealth could've saved some lives during the gulf war.More like air defenses everywhere, including China, wondered if they wasted their monies...
But that's for defence, they'll still be useful, and not every country has a stealth fighter. The F-117,on the other hand, has been retired after extremely high maintenance costs and not seeing much action. But i guess the stealth could've saved some lives during the gulf war.
Kind of a waste of money, they buillt 64 of them 42 million each, just to retire them of service after fighting countries like Iraq, when a F-15E could've done the job. They're probrably going to be put into service again if another major conflict happens again, right?
I would not say that. At the time it was the only stealth plane in service. Considering the anti-stealth capabilities of most countries (including china and russia) at the time I would say it poses a credible deterrence.
Interesting thing is as stealth technology becomes more accessable it seems to change from a strategic weapon platform to a more tactical sense.
Low observability was initially/foremost designed for bombing/surgical strikes and evading rather than aiding attacking roles. It likely took a while before military thinkers saw the implication for air combat. Off course, technologies of the 70s also means that a high performance stealth fighter was not possible without ridiculous expense. In the end technology comes before change in thinking.
By that line of 'reasoning', ALL weapons systems are tremendous wastes of monies, no? The 'arms race' is about one-upmanship and the majority of weapons systems do not see actual combat. It is better to deter than to actually have to fight. The F-117 proved that low radar observability worked, not only in peace time but also in war. Without touching every radar systems in the world, it rendered all of them questionable against the USAF. That is a deterrent and a fear you cannot buy.But that's for defence, they'll still be useful, and not every country has a stealth fighter. The F-117,on the other hand, has been retired after extremely high maintenance costs and not seeing much action. But i guess the stealth could've saved some lives during the gulf war.
By that line of 'reasoning', ALL weapons systems are tremendous wastes of monies, no? The 'arms race' is about one-upmanship and the majority of weapons systems do not see actual combat. It is better to deter than to actually have to fight. The F-117 proved that low radar observability worked, not only in peace time but also in war. Without touching every radar systems in the world, it rendered all of them questionable against the USAF. That is a deterrent and a fear you cannot buy.
No one admits the idea that the J-20 was a joke Russian designers? Knowing an unhealthy love of China's foreign secret technologies.
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