We have arrived at a truth. America will continue with it's aircraft development, and China will have to spend Billions to catch up. And probably still fall behind.
And still have the psycho in North Korea with nukes to worry about.
I'm glad he's not in my back yard...
/john
I agree. America faces a stark choice in the coming year. The bills of the entitelment programs need to be paid,and the military should continue to be hable to confront the threats with succes.
The F-22 program was initiated in 1981 to meet the evolving threat posed by the next generation of Soviet aircraft.
The F-22 is good platform to hunt and destroy other aircraft, yet till now our current stable of AA defenses has been able to the job very effectively. In my view, we should continue use our limited resources to build upon our current capabiliets and other more urgent systems and not on a wild goose chase. On plane ment for a bygone era.