Better to build the Cheaper older platforms in numbers that would swarm the Enemy. It’s what we should be doing instead of wasting Billons on the F-35 that cannot do everything they wanted it to do with a Cost of over $160,000,000 and rising daily per Aircraft. One size fits all doesn’t work.
Our F-22 is great, but we only have 180 or so of them.
For the price of ONE F-35, you can buy FOUR F-15’s. They are even developing the Silent Eagle that has some Stealth Capabilities. In addition, the F-15 is a proven Platform that can only be improved.
If Putin was smart, he would build hundreds of SU-30’s, 33’s and 35’s. They have their problems, but he would be able to overwhelm any Enemy with sheer Numbers.
> Better to build the Cheaper older platforms in numbers that would swarm the Enemy.
Tell you what, you go “swarm” the enemy in the cheap stuff. If I’m going into combat, I want the best. ;-)