Well USA is believed to be ahead of Russia in drone technology (by people working in aviation tech, I know a couple). Plus, you know, the general idea that USA wouldn’t just announce a stupidly expensive project like this (and our MoD wouldn’t react to it) unless there was something to it
What really matters with drones is being able to pump them out quickly and cheaply. US likely has more advanced drones than Russia, but I can guarantee you they’re orders of magnitude more expensive. Also, from what I’ve read Iran reverse engineered a lot of US drone tech shooting down US drones, and that’s what they’ve been sharing with Russia recently.
Meanwhile, US has a very long history of making stupidly expensive projects that don’t work. F35 is a prime example of this. The goal is for the military industrial complex to make as much money as possible. This means producing very expensive weapons that take a long time to make because you want long term contracts.
The fact that Russian MoD would research these types of weapons make sense, but shouldn’t be read too deeply into. If there are aspects of such stealth bombers that work it’s good to know how to produce them. But the current war is showing that you don’t really need them.
It’s also worth noting that US hasn’t really used stealth in practice either. When US does bombing in Middle East, they also use stand off tactics where they launch the missiles from outside the range of air defence systems. Clearly US isn’t willing to test how well their stealth capabilities actually work.
Well USA is believed to be ahead of Russia in drone technology (by people working in aviation tech, I know a couple). Plus, you know, the general idea that USA wouldn’t just announce a stupidly expensive project like this (and our MoD wouldn’t react to it) unless there was something to it
What really matters with drones is being able to pump them out quickly and cheaply. US likely has more advanced drones than Russia, but I can guarantee you they’re orders of magnitude more expensive. Also, from what I’ve read Iran reverse engineered a lot of US drone tech shooting down US drones, and that’s what they’ve been sharing with Russia recently.
Meanwhile, US has a very long history of making stupidly expensive projects that don’t work. F35 is a prime example of this. The goal is for the military industrial complex to make as much money as possible. This means producing very expensive weapons that take a long time to make because you want long term contracts.
The fact that Russian MoD would research these types of weapons make sense, but shouldn’t be read too deeply into. If there are aspects of such stealth bombers that work it’s good to know how to produce them. But the current war is showing that you don’t really need them.
It’s also worth noting that US hasn’t really used stealth in practice either. When US does bombing in Middle East, they also use stand off tactics where they launch the missiles from outside the range of air defence systems. Clearly US isn’t willing to test how well their stealth capabilities actually work.