The next bomber - and an interesting aside about counter stealth

**NUS** · 14 Apr 11,, 18:49

Originally Posted by cr9527

This would imply they will be able to afford far less number of assets available than they would had they purchased legacy batteries. Decoy drones would become more effective simply due to less number of missiles able to shoot them down.

So you may be able to see that for every counter one brings to counter stealth, the very attempt at countering it gives you large disadvantages ready to be exploited.

Using this logic, expensive stealth aircraft puts attacker in even bigger disadvantage. How many USAF projects were axed to give funds for F-22?

**cr9527** · 15 Apr 11,, 02:51

Originally Posted by NUS

Using this logic, expensive stealth aircraft puts attacker in even bigger disadvantage. How many USAF projects were axed to give funds for F-22?

about as many projects were axed by potential adversaries when they pooped their pants

**HKDan** · 15 Apr 11,, 03:06

Originally Posted by cr9527

about as many projects were axed by potential adversaries when they pooped their pants

I imagine that this new bomber might provoke an even greater fear response than the F-22 has. Having your fighters falling from the sky is not nearly scary as a rain of hundreds of bunker busters.

**Pioneer** · 28 Apr 11,, 11:17

he most likely reason for this measure is the sensitivity of ELO technology, combined with the fact that the U.S. is the target of what may be the most extensive and successful espionage program in history—China’s Advanced

I understand and support this!

Regards
Pioneer