Comments by "verdebusterAP" (@verdebusterAP) on "USAF is rushing NGAD's drone fighter jets into service" video.

Except the Zumwalt wasnt a waste and that problem had nothing to with USN but rather the idiots in Congress The USN told repeatedly that naval gunfire support was no longer relevant to modern warfare due increase range of aircraft, accuracy of anti ship missiles well as modern mines and ever advancing torpedos but Congress decided they knew better and demanded that USN retain naval gunfire support The only mistakes that USN made was not using a common round for the AGS. They should retained commonality with USMC and US Army 155mm shells instead developing their own 155mm round and not making it compatible with AEGIS
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Yeah no Are their programs that USAF needs to cancel, yes the NGAD and CCA is not one of them The point of the F-22 was maintaining superiority over China and Russia which did and would keep downing if short sighted people didnt cancel it What is needed is not 5th but 6th gen aircraft that utilizes the best features from the F-22, F-35 and F-15EX It would be prohibitively expensive as well as pointless trying to develop another 5th gen aircraft 800 not but at least 400-500 AI and drone technology absolutely not People may be drunk on the FPV kool aid from Ukraine but thats isolated situation When you start taking people out the cockpit prematurely that how problem start
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The F-35 is a multi service program The NGAD is not The F-35 replaces F-16s for USAF, F-18s and AV-8s for the USMC and gives the USN stealth from the sea thats a simple or easy task to accomplish The NGAD is built solely for the USAF not USMC or USN When you have multi-service programs, its very long and complex To replace the F-14, the USN ordered F-18E/F in 1992 , it flew by 1995 , first units by 1999 and IOC by 2001 The F-15EX was ordered in 2018, flew by 2021 with first units by July of this year There are several cases when USMC, USAF and USN buy their own unique assets in considerably shorter times
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