By COLIN CLARK
April 08, 2015
America’s next war plane may look much more like a stealthy long-range bomber than a sleek, fast and maneuverable fighter.
That’s the conclusion of a wide-ranging study by the respected Center for Budgetary and Strategic Assessments. Breaking Defense obtained a copy of the report from a source not affiliated with CSBA.
Here’s the study’s main finding: “The overall conclusion of this study was that over the past few decades, advances in electronic sensors, communications technology, and guided weapons may have fundamentally transformed the nature of air combat.”
The conclusions are based on author John Stillion‘s analysis of a database of “over 1,450 air-to-air victories” around the world from 1965 to the present.
According to Stillion’s study, the ability to build an aircraft that can find, surprise and then kill enemy aircraft and anti-aircraft systems using speed and maneuverability is rapidly meeting the physical limits of range, speed and useful capability.
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