“The Chinese Chengdu J-20 and the Russian Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA are becoming a real threat to the US Air Force and Navy, according to The National Interest, an international affairs magazine.”
It’s still debatable as to what degree either of those 2 “fighters” qualify as 5th Generation since we can’t really know their low-observable characteristics. But what is known is that neither of those planes is as close to actual serial production as the F-35 for all its flaws. Those planes are still closer to prototypes than fighters. Let’s see if either actually reaches production.
China and Russia 5th gen never flying could be a win for them and loss for US.
We spend 100’s of billions on funding for a threat that never materializes.
I Rather have Several extra wings of proven fighters like the F22 and F18 E’s or how about the Typhoon.
It is published that the F22 is better in most area than the EF Typhoon. But at 361 million for F22 and 170 million for Typhoon.
Is the one F22 better than 2 Typhoons.
At and Avg cost of 180m maybe we should buy EF Typhoon instead of the F35.
Their is not an limitless supply of USD to spend.