“Yea, I don’t see stealth being that big of an advantage for much longer.”
How does stealth help you when you are just whacking ISIS bastards with no aircover? For that you want cheap, slow flying, bullet proof bomb and bullet trucks.
We’ve put all our eggs in one very expensive basket.
Yea, stealth doesn’t help with that. Just let the Hog Driver loose on ISIS. They’ll rain the pain down on them.
“How does stealth help you when you are just whacking ISIS bastards with no aircover? For that you want cheap, slow flying, bullet proof bomb and bullet trucks.”
No you don’t “want cheap, slow flying, bullet proof bomb and bullet trucks”. You want ordinance accurately hitting the targets (designated by troops, drone or fast-mover), without the aircraft getting hit.
Helicopters, drones and strike aircraft (F-15, F-16 and F-18) all fill that role nicely.
“We’ve put all our eggs in one very expensive basket.”
Hardly.