A North-Korean drone violated South Korea’s airspace for the first time in five years prompting the latter to scramble its fighter jets, attack helicopters and other assets including the AWACS, Air Refueller and surveillance drones.
Fifth and sixth Gen ac are very expensive to build/ maintain/ operate. So, most countries don’t have the budgets! A happy mix of High Tech and medium Tech would be beneficial for most airforces as cost/ benefit / sortie generation rate/ turn around times/ MTBF/ ability to operate from non- home bases/ weight of attack and many more factors are analysed by operators/ experts. It is cheaper to keep 4th Gen airframes upgraded with latest tech to achieve the required mix.
Fifth and sixth Gen ac are very expensive to build/ maintain/ operate. So, most countries don’t have the budgets! A happy mix of High Tech and medium Tech would be beneficial for most airforces as cost/ benefit / sortie generation rate/ turn around times/ MTBF/ ability to operate from non- home bases/ weight of attack and many more factors are analysed by operators/ experts. It is cheaper to keep 4th Gen airframes upgraded with latest tech to achieve the required mix.
Well argued Rohan, as usual. Keep it up👍