This baby is halfway there already.
Posted on 11/17/2010 5:59:05 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Within the next few years, we will begin work on the sixth generation [fighter] capabilities necessary for future air dominance.” The Secretary of the Air Force, Michael B. Donley, and the USAF Chief of Staff, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, issued that statement in an April 13 Washington Post article.
The Air Force may have to move a little faster to develop that next generation fighter. While anticipated F-22 and F-35 inventories seem settled, there won’t be enough to fix shortfalls in the fighter fleet over the next 20 years, as legacy fighters retire faster than fifth generation replacements appear.
The Air Force will have to answer a host of tough questions about the nature of the next fighter.
Should it provide a true “quantum leap” in capability, from fifth to sixth generation, or will some interim level of technology suffice? When will it have to appear? What kinds of fighters will potential adversaries be fielding in the next 20 years? And, if the program is delayed, will a defense industry with nothing to work on in the meantime lose its know-how to deliver the needed system?
(Excerpt) Read more at airforce-magazine.com ...
I hope they don’t let 0bama hear of this.
It had better be something that can launch in the morning do a quick loop around the moon and be back for lunch.
Laser cannons, photon torpedoes, you name it ... it better be on there.
This baby is halfway there already.
Even cruise missile type limpet/iud's/mines to secure bottle necks.. all remotely controlled.. with video and sound..
I would like to see a fighter jet that can exceed Mach 10, store enough missiles to down 100 enemy fighters in a single mission, and have the ability to stay aloft for 10 hours.
Ping
Thanks for the pings ESB, btw, did you see this?
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=122289
USAF F16s to be “stationed” in Poland on a rotation basis.
How about a satellite than can fly Mach 24, down 1,000 enemy fighters, and can stay aloft for 10 years?
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