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This is Boeing's.
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has released a new rendering of a stealthy aerial refueling tanker. The U.S. Air Force says it needs more survivable tankers no later than 2040, but serious questions about those plans are growing amid budgetary uncertainty. There need for stealthy aerial refuelers is an increasingly critical imperative, especially in the context of a potential future high-end conflict, such as one in the Pacific against China. The War Zone made a detailed case for just such a system seven years ago.
Maybe it's me but if a tanker needs stealth then it is to close to the battle area.
Lockeed's
This is Boeing's.
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has released a new rendering of a stealthy aerial refueling tanker. The U.S. Air Force says it needs more survivable tankers no later than 2040, but serious questions about those plans are growing amid budgetary uncertainty. There need for stealthy aerial refuelers is an increasingly critical imperative, especially in the context of a potential future high-end conflict, such as one in the Pacific against China. The War Zone made a detailed case for just such a system seven years ago.
Maybe it's me but if a tanker needs stealth then it is to close to the battle area.
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