Incredible details of ‘world's most lethal weapon' emerge…Trump's F47 fighter jet boasts huge range & ‘double X' stealth
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INCREDIBLE new details about the US jet touted as the "world's most lethal weapon" have emerged, setting out Trump's plan to rule the skies.
The chief of the US airforce dropped bombshell new stats about the F-47 - designed to destroy anything China can fly.
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The state-of-the-art weapons will slice through the air at twice the speed of sound
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General David Allvin, US airforce chief, released this graphic
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The lethal jet is named after Trump - though he insists it wasn't his idea
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General David Allvin posted a new graphic showing off America's "next generation of air dominance".
He revealed that the incoming F-47 - named after Trump, the 47th president - will be operational in the period 2025-2029.
There are two keys stats that mark out the F-47 as the most advanced US jet ever.
First is the stealth rating; the next gen fighter is the first to be stamped with "Stealth++" - meaning it will be the most covert yet.
And the combat radius was revealed to be at least 1000 nautical miles - much further than the next-highest figure of 690nm from the F-15E(X)E.
The general defined the top speed as Mach 2+, which means it will fly at more than twice the speed of sound.
We also learned that at least 185 of the F-47s are on order - matching the size of the F-22 fleet.
General Alvin vowed that, with the next generation of airborne gadgets, the US air force would "continue to be the world's best example of speed, agility and lethality".
He added: "Modernization means fielding a collection of assets that provide unique dilemmas for adversaries - matching capabilities to threats - while keeping us on the right side of the cost curve."
The spanking-new jet was first announced back in March by Trump, alongside Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office.
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At its launched, another key feature was flaunted.
Embracing the development of new warfare technology, the F-47 will be accompanied by its own drone swarm.
Program coordinators plan to use sophisticated robotic wingmen designed by Anduril Industries and General Atomics in the drones, according to Axios.
Trump didn't confirm how much the project would cost, but a source close to the Next Generation Air Dominance pegged it at upwards of $20billion.
A huge cash wad has been set aside to fund the programme and ensure America's air defences remain dominant.
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The F-47 has been stamped with the highest stealth rating ever
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Trump proudly unveiled the new-gen jet in March
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Two months ago, Trump hailed these jets as 'the most advanced, most capable, most lethal aircraft ever built'.
He added: "The F-47 is equipped with state-of-the-art stealth technologies, virtually unseeable and unprecedented power," and called the title a "beautiful name".
"There's never been anything like it," he concluded.
It's no wonder Trump approves of the name - as it comes from his own position as 47th president.
However, he insisted that it was not his own work, but devised by his generals.
The contract for the deadly new military aircraft was awarded to the struggling American company Boeing - replacing Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor.
This marked a major improvement in the company's fortune.
Boeing will eventually receive hundreds of billions of dollars in orders over the contract's multi-decade lifetime.
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