Comment by ceejayoz
13 hours ago
> If China produces 100 times or 1000 times their current numbers…
They get sanctioned and/or hit by B-2s long before the factories to do so are even completed, let alone producing a hundred thousand fighter jets.
13 hours ago
> If China produces 100 times or 1000 times their current numbers…
They get sanctioned and/or hit by B-2s long before the factories to do so are even completed, let alone producing a hundred thousand fighter jets.
If you read my comment (or the article!) a bit more carefully, you'll see I mentioned comparable opponents.
Yes, if you can bomb your opponent without retribution you can indeed get away with what we have now.
This is what the F-35 and the modern US airforce is built for. We're likely not going to be fighting desert nomads forever.