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Aircraft: combat
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Fighter aircraft: which way to go?
Air combat has played little or no port in recent major conflicts. Nonetheless, there remains a widespread requirement for aircraft to deliver ordnance at survivable speeds, and for a capability to intercept--and if appropriate destroy--intruding aircraft. Fighters satisfying such needs tend to receive funding priority as highly visible symbols of a nation's importance and power.
The key issue is what attitude procurement agencies should take toward low observability. Dedicated stealth designs offer the prospect of first-day-of-war survivability and a high kill ratio, but only at significant penalty in purchase price and operating cost. For export customers they also pose major problems in what British officials are now terming >. Among potential cust...See the full content of this document
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