U.S., NATO Already Planning the Next Generation of Fighter Jets
 

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The United States and its NATO allies are already looking to the next generation of fighter planes to ensure air superiority, according to the Wall Street Journal. The article cites new fifth-generation Russian and Chinese fighters as the impetus to develop a new round of combat aircraft due in the 2030s.

When we say fifth-gen warplanes, we're talking about aircraft designed to be stealthy, incorporate the latest active electronic scanning array radars, and cruise at supersonic speeds without the use of an afterburner. China's forthcoming Chengdu J-20 and the Russian T-50 (also known as PAK-FA) are expected to be formidable aerial adversaries for the United States and NATO.

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China was created as a military power by the trade deals that favored their products.

If our clever leaders had sat down and thought about making China rich and clever enough to create weapons that would threaten the West. Would they have done the same?

Before you know it they will be able to fly in and out of our atmosphere and space

The Blue Angels are performing in Sacramento this weekend and I saw them fly over while I was playing basketball this morning at 7:15am.... It was amazing.

How long before they have Fighters and bombers with the pilots based on the ground?

Can create destructive weapons - cure for cancer, no thank you

the west will lose because china and russia can develop cheaper...the entire point of the US military is not to defend america because america is in no danger at all...none whatsoever...the point of the US military is US cronies making $$$...400$ hammer type shit...

the real title of this thread should be "we wasted 1trillion$ on a fighter, now we need new shit to make crony money on"

There needs to be a paradigm shift in the way in which war planes are developed.