> holy shit, absolutely retarded wait until they try claiming that the chinese 6th gen aircraft are copies of us designs that haven't even flown yet. or they sort of say they have, but they have nothing to report about ngad other than it is revolutionary, record breaking etc... but they can't say in what field it is record breaking, is it stealth, speed, range, agility... cost? > the importance, roper said, is that just a year after the service completed an analysis of alternatives, the air force has proven it can use cutting-edge advanced manufacturing techniques to build and test a virtual version of its next fighter  and then move to constructing a full-scale prototype and flying it with mission systems onboard. it is possible that they have flown it virtually and broken all sorts of records, then proceeded to make a mockup. but since they don't even have the ngad engine i have to wonder wtf they even tested (the xa102 and xa103 are expected to do flight tests in late 2020s, but they have passed "critical design review" last year). they do however know that it is expected to cost $300 million per jet in flyaway cost (aircraft only) in 2020 years muttbux. i guess that is a record of sorts. to continue with the high level of detail provided by the us officers > were going after the most complicated systems that have ever been built, and checked all the boxes with this digital technology. in fact, [weve] not just checked the boxes, [weve] demonstrated something thats truly magical. i'm pretty certain this whole ordeal is bullshit. when mutts break records they always brag about it, and when they have nothing to show they come up with these nonsensical statements like it's magical and groundbreaking or whatever. in 1990 they reported results from the trials, with photos, as they were happening. in 1998, two years before the first flight of x35, the design and mockup was unveiled to the public. but with ngad it is just magic, trust us bro.
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