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Originally Posted by unsunghero
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(which is a bit unbelievable for the USA but like you said it isn’t a cerebral movie).
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It isn't as unbelievable as you might assume. The F-22 is pushing near to thirty year old tech at this point, the F-18E family was never intended to be especially forward-looking*, and the F-35 isn't really a fighter in any conventional sense of the word, it's more akin to a modern version of the 60's era F-105. There is in fact a real threat of some other air forces matching or surpassing the U.S. in some areas in coming years.
*The F-18E originated as something of an emergency stopgap because during the 90's several different families of Navy aircraft were fast approaching the end of their fatigue lifespans with no replacement funded or planned. Hence the Navy needed planes, it needed them fast and cheap-ish, and it needed them to be able to do several jobs tolerably well. The F-18E exceeded all expectations and proved a rousing success, but it was still really meant as a gap-filler, not the next word in technological development.
Danth