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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

PAK-FA, F-35, F-22 and “Capability Surprise”

Sukhoi PAK FA (T-50)The first flight of Russia's stealthy PAK-FA is the best recent example of the problems examined in the United States Defense Science Board report on “Capability Surprise”, released in September last year.

This study is an important step forward in identifying the causes of many past, current and developing strategic failures.

A capability surprise arises whenever an opponent makes use of a new capability, or uses an existing capability in a different way, catching the target or victim off guard.

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