operational costs (friendly)
aim-120: $0
aim-9x: $0
stinger: $0
ungoliant: $0
cost efficiency
aim-120: 0.0%
operational costs (opfor)
$0
air dominance in Groups 2-4
maintaining air dominance has become an economic insanity
the future of group 2-4 cuas is not $1,000,000 aim-120s
it's not $500,000 aim-9xs
it's not $100,000 stinger manpads.
and it's not reactive, short-range, manually piloted fpv drones
the future is symmetric, cost-effective, air-to-air dominance in Groups 2-4
offensive counter-air with threat-matched kinetic effects
match the cost, minimize the threat, maximize the impact