Future Airpower Predictions
This is from Flight International:
Both of the USA’s leading fighter programmes – the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22A and Lockheed F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) – appear likely to be reduced, but preserved, by the 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), the recommendations of which will be reported soon. The cuts will lead to a new look at upgrades for Boeing F-15s and F/A-18s and Lockheed F-16s – and perhaps even to a decision to buy new models of the legacy types.
This is fine by me. I believe the future lies not in expensive platforms but precision weapons, UAVs, and cruise missiles. Cheaper and equally if not more effective.
Both of the USA’s leading fighter programmes – the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22A and Lockheed F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) – appear likely to be reduced, but preserved, by the 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), the recommendations of which will be reported soon. The cuts will lead to a new look at upgrades for Boeing F-15s and F/A-18s and Lockheed F-16s – and perhaps even to a decision to buy new models of the legacy types.
This is fine by me. I believe the future lies not in expensive platforms but precision weapons, UAVs, and cruise missiles. Cheaper and equally if not more effective.
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