Re: Arthur C. Clarke's "Superiority"
>This is the *KIND* of thing that happens when "the next generation" gets to do things THEIR way, ignoring the lessons learned in the past
Mitchell and the US Navy circa 1920?
Agincourt?
French blue uniforms in WWI?
Integrated infantry support tanks vs Guderian's panzers?
etc...
Not all changes are bad. Lots of wars have been lost by refusing to change.
Despite taking unnecessary engineering and project risks, the F35 however still takes as a given the supremacy of piloted fighters in the 2040 timeframe, ignores the inconvenient fact that asymmetric warfare has decided several wars since the 50s and assumes that an innovative top-tier opponent (China) would meet its threat head-on with similar weapons.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
