@chageimgur But this is not necessary with the right technology: Lock On After Launch (LOAL), on modern IR missiles (eg. PL-10) allows the jet to give the missile target information without having to expose the seeker. This is the same technology that enables shooting targets behind the jet.
@Gaismair This is how people who like cars want to feel turning on their car. Unfortunately tesla's market, and most of the general public, is different.
@margbrennan as if it isn't congress' and the senate's fault for chronically underfunding procurement of these systems, letting production lines atrophy for the last 4 administrations.
@Doha1389960 I can’t really tell for sure, but I don’t know if the two things are showing the same item; doesn’t the proportion of where the tapering starts look different? Also, the scale, it could be perspective, but the object in the image looks way smaller with the grass in frame.