Was there any hope for the parasite fighter concept?

>>34862669
>heinkel julia

awful concept, awful execution, pure desperation

well, the F-35 has been quite successful in leeching the shit out of the defense budget

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Jfc that looks like a Dildo jet

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There was such potential for their guided missile program

>>34862669
Anything in the Israeli airforce really.

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>>34862926
Very good

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>>34862694
>Program to replace over half of the US fighter inventory
>Hurr dur it's expensive
Yeah no shit.
What were you expecting?

>>34863028
>Classified Procurement Programs
>112 billion
>JSF, LRSB
>43 billion
WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY MAKING?

>>34863124
The latest and greatest in writing technology, the pen is obsolete.

>>34863157
Seriously, what the fuck are they making? How on earth do you spend 112 billion on something classified without even mentioning what it is?

>>34863176
What qualifications do you posses that gives you the knowledge to make an educated estimation of how much a new generation aircraft with state of the art equipment should cost?

>>34863200
Oh stop being a fucking faggot.

>>34863124
Antimatter bombs.

CERN is a cover operation

>>34863250
They are probably funding fusion reactors and nuclear propulsion.

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We Arsenal Bird now

>>34863211
I see, the answer is none. We have a place where uninformed opinion goes...the trash.

>>34863310
Yeah, okay then Mr DoD Navy Seal. Go back to sucking black cocks for your black budget.

>>34863124
Nothing. See here >>34862926

>>34863274
>nuclear propulsion.

Wasn't this idea shitcanned during the cold war on account of jesus christ guys what the fuck are we doing?

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>>34863320

>>34863320
>>34863352
Yes... nothing indeed goyim...

>>34863124
Gen 6 fighter, B-21, Lockheed Fusion Reactor, EM drive, space plane with vertical landing reusable booster stages, hypersonic spy plane to ensure American intelligence dominance in era of cheap ASAT tech, laser missile defense, smart fuses for nuclear missiles, etc.

>>34863325
Not Orion style.
More like NERVA.

https://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/ntrees.html

>>34863124

project MARAUDER

>>34863369
>B-21
Not classified (it's budget anyway), it's on the graph.
>smart fuses for nuclear missiles
might be under the ground based strategic deterrent section.

>>34863176
YOU DON"T NEED TO KNOW THAT CITIZEN IT IS WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU

>>34863289
>Sir! We tested our new bomber design and it can't take o-
>More engines.
>W-What?
>More engines make it go faster.
>O... Oh. Ok.

>>34865424
Engines isn't so bad (although the different sizes is dumb).
The number of control surfaces though...

>>34863124
Stupid shit like the RQ-170 and stealth Blackhawks.