Comments by "Old Guy Gaming Network" (@CRAZYHORSE19682003) on "Sandboxx" channel.

I can attest to the Aurora existing. Only three prototypes were ever built but they did fly at speeds just north of MACH 5.4. The problem was the technology was simply not ready at the time. While they could get it to fly, it is hideously expensive PER FLIGHT to operate the Aurora and it was deemed too expensive to continue the program in its current state. The three aircraft were dismantled and put in long term storage in 1998.
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What the Iranian General doesn't know or won't admit is our F-35's fly with radar reflectors deployed so they can be detected to avoid air to air collisions. Also flying in areas where there are potential enemies like Iran they fly with their radar reflectors deployed in order to PREVENT adversaries like Iran to get signals intelligence on the F-35. In a actual combat situation with those radar reflectors retracted they can fly over Iran with impunity.
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Can you imagine a F-15EX Eagle 2 with 30 of them lol.
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@Cryosxify I can tell you that the AIM-260 has a range well in excess of 200 miles.
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If you really think Russia or China have these weapons you are a total mark. It is called propaganda! China can't even make a decent RELIABLE turbofan engine for their fighters and yet you think somehow they have mastered hypersonic flight hahahahaha. Russia's hypersonic missiles are simply air launched ballistic missiles, nothing more. Also by the way the AIM-54 Phoenix was a hypersonic missile and it was designed in the 1960's. Hypersonic is nothing new, it is just a buzzword the military industrial complex uses to scare funding out of congress.
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There is a reason the MIC is trickling out technology and it isn't to avoid suspicion. It is all about MONEY, they have the tech locked away to jump our society ahead several hundred years in the blink of an eye. However, there is trillions of dollars to be earned in the technology leading up to it and they are not going to simply throw it away.
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This would be the perfect use for directed energy weapons. They are talking about a directed energy pod is very close to being deployed.
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Instead of stealth how about the develop ultra long range missiles of all types.
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@thecommentator3732 Say you had an F-15EX, not a stealthy aircraft but it had AA missiles of 260 miles in range. It doesn't matter if it is stealth or not, its weapons outrange anything the enemy has.
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@thecommentator3732 Doubtful, the F-15EX's radar is light years better than anything they have. I will also like to say that I am not 100% anti stealth only that all fighters do not need to be stealth. F-15's paired with a low observable aircraft providing them with situational awareness and targeting information is how I would see them working together.
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@thecommentator3732 Can I suggest you go back and actually read what I said. I said PAIRING the F-15EX with a low observable plane like an F-22 or F-35. I never said the F-15 was low observable. I do that a lot when skimming comments on YouTube.
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Lockheed Martin has so much advanced technology locked away behind patents they could jump us HUNDREDS of years forward in the blink of an eye. They don't because there is still so much money to extract from tech that is obsolete. If there was a actual WW3 and the US was in danger of losing there would be a sudden introduction of weapons so advanced they could eliminate the threat in hours.
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@e.s.5529 Crude but effective.
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The F-22 was canceled because from a technology standpoint it is already obsolete by our standards. The USAF has already designed, built and flown a 6th generation Air Dominance fighter that will replace the F-22 and most of the F-15's.
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@nexpro6118 And the F-22 STILL lacks a helmet mounted sight. From a technology standpoint it is littered with dead end and obsolete technology.
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The F-117's are all kept in special storage in flying condition. They are taken out from time to time and flown. There are even hints that four F-117's were used in Syria. The reason the F-22 will be retired is it is already obsolete from a technology standpoint. The USAF already has a 6th gen air dominance fighter that has flown and are building a second one.
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@jeffpotter2934 Actually you would be incorrect sir. The B-21 was designed and tested in a totally digital environment. In the digital stage they flew hundreds of different prototypes and made thousands of adjustments. The one you are seeing there is a FULL PRODUCTION aircraft. All the bugs were worked out digitally. It is a new technology the DOD has been working on and we will see Aircraft with development cycles of 5 years or less instead of decades and at a fraction of the cost because they don't need to build physical prototypes and do extensive real world testing. In the digital environment they can build test, deploy and simulate a 30 year service life in a matter of hours.
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@jeffpotter2934 I will also point out that the B-21 was built with all off the shelf technology so there will be no cost overruns associated with immature technology. The F-35 debacle has changed the way DOD goes about systems acquisitions.
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@raulduke6105 Want to bet what?
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In the background of Robert Behlers office, you see a model of the SR-71 and there is a model of an unknown aircraft next to it. Could that possible be the Aurora?
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This by no means is a new technology. They have been flying secret aircraft this tech for a while. The famous contrails that look like donuts on a rope come from this tech. Earth Quake sensors have tracked these mysterious aircraft flying the SW United States for a while.
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Fun fact, the B2 has an identical wingspan as the YB-49.
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A couple of minor corrections. The F-35 vs F-16 Dogfight was not even an actual dogfight. What they were doing is testing the flight control laws and flight envelope to see where it could be expanded safely. When the 3I software upgrade which came about in part because of tests like this one it expanded the F-35's flight envelope from 7g's to 9+ G's. Today an F35A carrying an identical fuel and weapon load as an F-16 can out maneuver it in the traditional turn and burn fight. it can outmaneuver the F-18 and F-15 carrying similar fuel and combat loads. It may not have the eyewatering ATA performance of the F-22 but it is still one of the most effective dogfighters in the world.
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These guns are going to be USELESS against these small drones we are seeing in Ukraine. You can't even see the damn things until it is too late.
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It is all about making money, why do you think the Ukraine war started just two years after we pulled out of Afghanistan? The military industrial complex that runs this nation needed another war to facilitate the sales of weapons. Why do you think the USA has been perpetually at war since WW2? War is great for business and the profit margins are HUGE.
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