The US Air Force (Air Force) is not equipped with enough stealth fighters to conduct successful battles against Russia and China. Chris Osborne, a military commentator for The National Interest, writes about it.
As the author of the publication notes, the lack of fifth-generation fighters F-22 and F-35, capable of invisibly penetrating into enemy territory, bypassing air defense systems (air defense), is a weak point of aviation and does not allow successful operations against the armed forces of Russia and China.
“We need more penetrating aircraft that can cross targets (…) You need to be able to meet the target demand for major regional conflicts,” Osborne writes.
He also emphasizes that despite the superiority of the United States in the number of aircraft, most of the fleet is made up of fourth-generation aircraft that are ineffective against the Russian S-400 and Chinese HQ-9. Given that Moscow and Beijing are also increasing their aviation production, in a hypothetical war, the US Air Force could find itself in a stalemate.
“In an extensive conflict of great powers, it will be necessary to attack tens of thousands of” aiming points “, many of them will appear quickly, which will require even more” penetrating “attacks,” the expert concluded.
Earlier, The National Interest listed the most deadly weapons of the US Navy. The rating includes both small arms and nuclear submarines, along with fifth generation fighters.
