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You want to develop a 'stealth' aircraft in five years or less? Here is how: You devote %100 of your defense budget and %100 of your human capital into the program. You find out you need new tools? You devote %100 of your national resources to either develop or buy those new tools. Keep in mind that Lockheed had to do the same for the SR-71. Any contractor related to the program MUST NOT be allowed to devote anything less than %100 of his company's resources into the program. All other defense related program such as maintenance or upgrade are not budgeted. In other words, your country's defense will not exist while you are working on the 'stealth' aircraft program. But you will have that 'stealth' aircraft in five years or even less.Like I said. Please refer post #83. It's naive to believe a 5th gen jet can be designed from scratch within 5 years or so as some PDF members are trying to suggest. This is an entirely different league where the additional element of stealth comes into play. Irrespective of whether it's 100% indegenious or not, it'll take around 15-20 years from concept to IOC.
On a lighter note, if it could be done sooner, the Chinese would've done it.![]()