Sixth I.

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From Sputnik Russian news Internet outlet surely this yet one instance of the cart before the horse.

Also the European ideal of the independent and totally self-sufficient military force able to guard against all comers and autonomous from the United States.

"WATCH: Euro Defense Ministers Reveal Sixth-Gen Future Combat Air System"

"In front of a full-size, veiled mock-up of the Future Combat Air System [FCAS], French, Spanish and German defense ministers signed an accord Monday on the development of the sixth-generation aircraft before dramatically unveiling the model. The FCAS is expected to become their mainstay fighter jet by 2040."

NOT UNTIL 2040 DEPLOYED!! AS ENVISIONED!

Sixth-generation fighter planes conventionally and usually defined as:

* Unmanned.
* Stealth.
* Directed-energy weaponry.

Development and deployment of the FCAS 1. Going to be costly. 2. Europeans as it is now unwilling to even spend the 2 % of GDP for military expenditures as was agreed upon.

THIS FCAS IS JUST NOT GOING TO FLY! PIE-IN-THE-SKY ALMOST LITERALLY SO!

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