I think you are right. I saw articles about a Skunkworks like project that has designed a 6th gen stealth fighter that blows the doors off of any 5th gen system, at least on paper.
Sell our 5th gen pinnacle to our strongest allies to finance the acquisition of a 6th gen system. I suspect some will go to Japan as well. SK, the Brits and UA are likely not to get any as they are not strong Trumpians.
Its like the auto company execs who get the big discount and sell their cars for a profit once the new car smell starts to fade a tiny bit and get the latest and greatest. They rinse and repeat about every 6 months or so.
Business like thinking. Sounds very Trumpian.
Hell, if I think outside the box, this could be the stopgap for the defense industry to give them something to keep the doors open while they work on asteroid/lunar mining tech. I am going to make a crazy prediction. We will be mining off planet within 5 years.
UA should be AU, as in the Aussies.
B52’s loaded with hyper-sonic over the horizon air to air missiles should take out any opposing force in short order.