• JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    So why is China building a stealth bomber?

    when you have weapons that can engage from outside enemy’s air defense bubble.

    Exactly. You can fix that by increasing the range of the weapons, or by decreasing the range of the air defense bubble with stealth.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      6 months ago

      So why is China building a stealth bomber?

      Why do carpenters use hammers and screwdrivers?

      Exactly. You can fix that by increasing the range of the weapons, or by decreasing the range of the air defense bubble with stealth.

      Again, nowhere have I argued that stealth tech is useless. What I keep telling you is that these are two different types of weapons that serve different roles, and can complement each other. I really can’t understand why this is so hard for you to process.

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        6 months ago

        Why do carpenters use hammers and screwdrivers?

        Because they’re the best tools for the job

        So what is the stealth bomber’s role that it is the best at?

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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          6 months ago

          I’ve explained to you repeatedly with multiple examples of the roles that hypersonic missiles are better at. You just kept ignoring that and repeating the same line over and over like a broken record. Read what I wrote and address that.

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              6 months ago

              Stealth bombers are good at reducing the range of detection compared to regular non stealth aricraft. However, they suffer from all the same disadvantages that regular aircraft suffer from, one huge disadvantage being long response times. Another being their vulnerability when they’re parked on the airfield. It doesn’t mean they’re useless, but it does mean that there are other weapons that compliment them. Let me know if you need me to chew is up for you a bit more.

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                5 months ago

                So what missions does that mean they’re good at? Penetrating contested airspace that other attacks couldn’t?

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                  5 months ago

                  Given that hypersonic weapons didn’t exist until a few years ago, we don’t know what the advantages of each technology are. What we do know, however, is that hypersonic weapons are being used with great success. Whether stealth bombers can perform the role they’re designed for is a still a question because nobody tried pitting them against modern air defences. What part of this are you still struggling with?

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                    5 months ago

                    I’m struggling with what’s the role of hypersonics if air defense penetration is already covered by the b2.

                    The US has tested stealth bombers against s300, because they got some. But they obviously don’t release the results publicly. They also have arrays that can emulate other capabilities like s400. So the US knows how effective stealth bombers are, and decided they were good enough at penetration not to need hypersonics. Now Congress and China getting carriers changed their mind.

                    https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-military-has-s-300-systems-reports-143425

                    When has a hypersonic missile (not the ballistic missiles strapped to planes Russia uses) penetrated heavily defended airspace? (There may be some, I know Russia definitely claims it, but I haven’t seen good proof yet)