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To: maddog55

Drones. UAVs.

F-35 works with them.

Cheaper jets could too.


6 posted on 02/25/2021 4:12:45 PM PST by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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To: mrsmith

Paging the Boeing F-32 “Bat Plane” fighter.


8 posted on 02/25/2021 4:14:05 PM PST by Fai Mao
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To: mrsmith

Heck, the best choice now is an ancient B-52 that drops a swarm of UAVs controlled by nearby “pilots”.

Dern B-52s can do anything...


20 posted on 02/25/2021 4:21:58 PM PST by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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To: mrsmith

Turn the F16’s into drones that can swarm. Mix in a bunch of reapers and have at it. I hat I would imagine is hundreds of smaller drones being armed and launched off an aircraft carrier.


48 posted on 02/25/2021 4:49:16 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Keep the Faith. Everything happens for a reason.)
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To: mrsmith
Besides the drone tech, it's also that the superior avionics can be back-fitted to older aircraft and even some stealth features like coatings, inlet redesigns, etc.

But don't worry. The defense contractors will soon have drone prices pushed up to the cost of an F-35.

88 posted on 02/25/2021 6:37:05 PM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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