Prof. Prodyut Das 2

  The 6 th generation  crisis”                                                Prof. Prodyut Das 24 July 2026   When the planets line up, as they sometime do, astrologers get their knickers into a twist, for they try to argue “how can THAT happen” rather than merely reporting “range and bearing”. Aeronautically we seem to have arrived somewhere there with the 6 th , gen. Big changes in the role of aircraft in battle are needed but the idea is being resisted. The 4 th . Generation requires replacement, the 5 th generation that were fielded have not been dazzling successes being literally “more trouble than they are worth” – frankly I now await, solely as an aviation fanatique- the economics of cheap Chinese “Stinger” equivalents vs. F 35...