One of the major points of the article is what keeping this a secret does to the air force and navy priorities and budgets. It's a little like in the 80s when the B-2 and F-117 programs were secret, so the Congress went ahead with the B-1, except this is way worse. All the aircraft carriers and all the F-35s are potentially obsolete, yet we've been spending hundreds of billions of dollars on them because Congress doesn't know any better.
If there was an international incident, a crisis, we could launch one in a hurry, then shift its orbit so they can't track it. If it looks like we launched it in haste in response to the crisis, Bejing and Moscow would s--- themselves. Whether it really had a nuke on it or not would be irrelevant. The fact that it might is all that would matter. Diplomacy is all about a credible threat.
China in particular hates this airplane. They've said so. As far as I'm concerned, that's reason enough to operate the program.
@ArcturusAerospace but make no mistake, China is not our friend. If we want a secure peace, the Chinese leadership must understand that NATO can vaporize them in their sleep.
I don't want war. I don't want to kill anybody. But I also don't want a Chinese world order forced onto us. First-strike capability is all about negotiating power. We should never ever draw first blood. But the knowledge that we can works to force the hands of our enemies.
I agree with most of these comments. I admit I was being a bit of a troll by posting it. I will say that there were several airplanes on the list I had never heard of before. Conversely, some of them really were infamous for good reason.
@ViridiCinis my bomber has a bug I think. The trim control only shows up when I fly it on my phone, not on my PC. This program will take some getting used to.
talk about power. I built a plane just for this engine and I got it to 6000 mph and a million feet. Tried to turn and it disintegrated.
+2And you got it posted the day it touched down
+1I've been waiting for this for so long
+1@ViridiCinis THANK YOU!
+1@ollielebananiaCFSP out yet?
I'm a NASA fanatic is all. I'm so pleased to see this aircraft here
When did you start to work on this?
@Fartspoppop I didn't make it up
One of the major points of the article is what keeping this a secret does to the air force and navy priorities and budgets. It's a little like in the 80s when the B-2 and F-117 programs were secret, so the Congress went ahead with the B-1, except this is way worse. All the aircraft carriers and all the F-35s are potentially obsolete, yet we've been spending hundreds of billions of dollars on them because Congress doesn't know any better.
@IStoleYourMeme BAE is too. But the key to these is a swarm. We're uniquely suited to deploy swarms of these.
@BACconcordepilot f-15, f-16, f-18, f-22 were there
If there was an international incident, a crisis, we could launch one in a hurry, then shift its orbit so they can't track it. If it looks like we launched it in haste in response to the crisis, Bejing and Moscow would s--- themselves. Whether it really had a nuke on it or not would be irrelevant. The fact that it might is all that would matter. Diplomacy is all about a credible threat.
China in particular hates this airplane. They've said so. As far as I'm concerned, that's reason enough to operate the program.
@ArcturusAerospace but make no mistake, China is not our friend. If we want a secure peace, the Chinese leadership must understand that NATO can vaporize them in their sleep.
I don't want war. I don't want to kill anybody. But I also don't want a Chinese world order forced onto us. First-strike capability is all about negotiating power. We should never ever draw first blood. But the knowledge that we can works to force the hands of our enemies.
@ArcturusAerospace I agree 100%
@Jerba I always thought it was an interdictor
@Mmdben like the De Havilland Comet
I agree with most of these comments. I admit I was being a bit of a troll by posting it. I will say that there were several airplanes on the list I had never heard of before. Conversely, some of them really were infamous for good reason.
@N1KO but it's so pretty lol
Beautiful. Can you do a Super Hornet now? :-P
@SupremeDorian I'm talking about real stealth
@Carbonfox1 they are actually building it now. Search the web.
It will be "optionally crewed."
It looks like a Nighthawk
Does it transform into Optimus Prime?
Super nice build
I say sincerely with no irony... Vive La France!
@Gameboi14 it's unlisted. I modified it on my phone and wanted to move it over to my PC. It's not ready for prime time.
Needs more engines
@JamesBoA thanks!
@JamesBoA how do I make a clickable link?
How do you use an "action" photo as your main photo on here?
How do you put an "action" shot as the main photo?
@SWAGDADDY7 Thanks!
@SWAGDADDY7 Thanks!
She's a big un
Awesome maneuverability. Good for evading SAMs.
oh my God
Thanks @SWAGDADDY7
@SunFire Thanks!
How do you add the pics with background to this page?
How do you post your own action images on this page like you did?
How do you put other pictures, formatted text, etc. on the page for the plane you uploaded? Example: https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/rGVIpU/AT-X-SKCV
@ILoveSwiss001 thanks! :-)
Great plane. Great attention to detail.
this is nice
@ViridiCinis I don't understand any of that :-(
@ViridiCinis my bomber has a bug I think. The trim control only shows up when I fly it on my phone, not on my PC. This program will take some getting used to.
@ViridiCinis I have the green circle and I am well within range. I've been crashing into the ships in an effort to get a missile lock.
@BlackhattAircraft try downloading the plane and attacking the aircraft carrier and destroyers
@BlackhattAircraft do you know why the air-to-ground missiles won't even try to get a radar lock?
@BlackhattAircraft do you know why the air-to-ground missiles won't even try to get a radar lock?