I don’t necessarily believe in cycles, but this is looking more and more like a replay of the late 70’s and 1980. Just replace the F-22 with the B-1 bomber, and the Chinese fighters with the Russian Backfire bomber, and it reads practically the same.
“Just replace the F-22 with the B-1 bomber”
OK, but that means cancelling it was a good idea.
The problem is, they got too overpriced and dont meet future needs.
B-2 is a better bomber, and B-52 was/is fine for other payloads.
The future airforce will be UAV heavy.