>> Will taking off in an F16 soon be equal to taking off in an F22 wrt the
>> fact that they can both be seen!?
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>I doubt it will happen "soon"... but it's a stern reminder that stealth
>technology is just a bet against the ingeniousness of physics grad
>students in the next 5 decades...
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>At least the F-22 is also a superb plane on top of being stealthy, so it
>could still fight on even terms with other fighters with the stealth
>advantage removed. The F-35 is a different topic...
The University of Waterloo is literally just around the corner from me, and is well knownfor spawning very successful startups from it's research and development - so it depends on your definition of "soon".
I'd say 99.9% it will be less than 20 years. Better than 90% less than
- In 5years? - less than 50%..
This is time to develop and commercialize.