NGAD: The 6th Generation Air Force Fighter Nightmare Has Begun

[rangerrebew]

NGAD: The 6th Generation Air Force Fighter Nightmare Has Begun
Story by Brandon J. Weichert • 2h •


Summary: The U.S. military risks falling into the trap of preparing for past conflicts by heavily investing in expensive, potentially obsolete systems like the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter.

 
-With the unpredictable nature of future threats, it's impractical to allocate vast resources to systems based on current assumptions.

-Instead, the focus should be on enhancing space capabilities and leveraging the rise of advanced, cost-effective drones.

-Converting existing aircraft, like the F-16, into unmanned systems and improving the current fleet, such as the F-35, would be more strategic.

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ngad-the-6th-generation-air-force-fighter-nightmare-has-begun/ar-BB1nktCE?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=9777ad906b3b424b9abc6d23a344f37b&ei=45

[rangerrebew]

This is good.  Since they can't make the 5th generation work with any reliability, they may as well build another one to screw up.

[DefiantMassRINO]

The Ukranians and Iranians are doing great things with cheap drones on the battlefield.

An enemy (China?) will be able to use a swarm of cheap drones to disable the NGAD fighter while it's parked on the ground of a future stationary Marine foward base in the Pacific.