Opinion: The End Of History And The Last Manned Fighter?

Credit: U.S. Air Force
For decades, politicians and defense officials have expected the manned fighter to die, for myriad technological and strategic reasons. In the 1930s, then-U.K. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin claimed “the bomber will always get through” and that defensive fighters were therefore futile. The U.K.’s...
Richard Aboulafia

Contributing columnist Richard Aboulafia is managing director at Aerodynamic Advisory. He is based in Washington.

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