You could like it does fit, when you think of something like the B-1 it does fit into what you think of as 4th gen. Same with the B-2 and 5th gen.
But then you get something like the B-52 which has been in service through most of gens and likely will be for quite a few more so it’s hard to place it in a certain one without going into specific versions which just muddles it all up.
There is a sixth generation of fighters, those are being in development.
The difference is that Northrop is calling the B-21 a “Sixth generation AIRCRAFT”, but general aircraft aren’t divided into generations the same way that fighter jets are.
what dummy said bombers cant have gens and still why wouldn’t I be able to call some plane with 6th gen tech a 6th gen
and even then, gens are kinda subjective thing anyway, even for fighters
Like every major air force and military that uses the gen classes and has strategic bombers of their own.
Call them whatever you want no one is stopping you, but when you do call them that although it does fit most of them you will still be wrong.
yes but its northtop… if they can make it and say it why cant everyone else
Yeah, there are like 6 different generation lists that don’t agree on what fighters are part of what generation
yes.
Infantry top priority isn’t true tho, Doesn’t seem like they put any work into it tbh
maybe 2nd gen. 3rd gen would be like FB-111 and Tu-22
yes I haven’t seen much fro mthat but the greece and ARMS was right
If everyone gets to just say what generation their plane is, why would that even matter?
I could go out and build a new plane and call if 8th gen, would that mean anything?
It doesn’t but it northtop can make a plane a slap 6th gen on it then why cant I call it 6th gen bomber
As a whole probably, but then does the B-52H fit in alongside Sabres and MiG-15’s? With the B-52 is seems necessary to split up each version whereas it’s not really needed for anything else.
Again, them calling it a “Sixth generation aircraft” doesn’t mean anything.
Nobody outside of Northrop is using that kind of terminology for planes that aren’t fighter (and certain strike) jets.
They also aren’t calling it a “Sixth generation bomber” either. How would you even divide bombers into generations?
china will call j36/j50 6th gen but watch Boeing and or Northrop call there’s the first 6th gen it means nothing so I can call f22 when it comes 11th gen
how do we even divide fighters into gens?
2nd gen would put it with the MiG-19 and 21
“it has no tail so its 6th gen” is basicily what USA will use to make f47 6th gen why cant we call it 5.5++++ gen because that’s too boring b-2 had no tail for years ALL OF THE “6th” gen fighter designs USA are using is all recycled
“We” don’t. Some people that created the concept of fighter jet generations do by setting some arbitrary requirements for planes to fit into certain generations. There are a couple of generally agreed upon features for each generation and there are multiple established lists for fighter generations.
Again, if you let the manufacturers just call their planes whatever generation they want, the meaning of generations gets lost.
That’s not how it works.