On one hand we see US developing F-22's with costs as high as USD 350m per piece (unit +development costs off course) and capabilities far beyond any other competing party can come up with in near future. On the other hand they are achieving frightening results in Northern parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan while using UAV’s with per unit cost of around USD 4m with no risk to operators except for a few visits to Eye clinics here and there.
What does this high/low mix (pocket-wise) brings to the table:
1. Air Superiority to reconnaissance ability deep inside enemy territory
2. High speed undetected intrusion to maneuverability for longer periods of time
3. Element of surprise
How is everybody else planning / preparing to keep on par with such a formidable force?
While Russia and India currently are working on PAK FA / FGFA project, China on J-XX, Japan on ATD-X and South Korea on KFX, what European countires have done is to go for the next best and earliest available option F-35. Off course they couldn’t have done this in the first place if they weren’t on the good side of US.
As for UAV’s there are hundreds of projects going all around the world with variable degrees of success but here as well no proven performance records only speculations.
The question here is when will the Russians, Indians and Chinese are going to be able to question US’s authority in Air? Is there really a competition or is this only a one horse race? We can also question when will they be able to do that @ sea as well but here we are only talking about Air superiority.
UR blog need some serious working dude !!
Anyways, Like u said it's a one horse race for now atleast unless someone can up with a surprise. But I don't think anybody will be able to catch US soon, just look at their def budget
nice to have comments so early, thanks.
Yeah it's more than next maybe 4-5 countries combined
In my opinion, you should use easy-to-read fonts and a good looking template like the one at architects.com.pk
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