bring_it_on, I merely cited the what’s written original post:

Furthermore, it is not clear if the F-35 can become operational again because its stealth coating was damaged.

which looked curious to me, to say the least

directly hit maybe not, but could just as well explode nearby (proximity fused?)

considering that one can find the pictures of the F-35 on assembly line rather easily (so, not a big deal about thing sinside being seen as long as you don’t make a high-res closeup pic of the part ripped away), one can wonder why you don’t see any pics of that “bird strike” what’s more, a bird strike that would make the airplane definitely out of service because “stealth coating was damaged” sounds strange to the least… you can’t replace damaged panels on it? and if its the structure that’s damaged, it must’ve been a helluva bird, if you ask me…

thing is, for long supersonic transport, you need to make it economically viable… and there’s only so many people that will pay high ticket prices to use them…

So, if your market is small, your development cost will much more dramatically increase your costs per plane… It is not so much about technology, since, as you said, technologically, we do know how to make fast aircraft.. it is about “economically viable technology”.. making an aircraft that’ll go supersonically on a daily basis around the world without guzzling tons of fuel per seat…

once more, when you look at it, when petrol went up in 1973 there was first crisis due to petrol which rised the costs a lot.. another one in 1979. It made the Concorde definitely impossible to sell at a price that would make it profitable.. even if it went somewhat down later on, the damage was done.. No company would buy it

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The regulations just added another layer of difficulty on top of it

From there on, developing another supersonic airliner wasn’t economically imaginable, as even if it was technically more efficient (the technologies would still need to be developed first as the Concorde was very advanced, considering what was known at the time, and even today), it would be extremely difficult to sell, and, as a result, getting fundings to develop it was simply impossible for several decades

Some pics here:

http://casoaislado.com/salen-la-luz-las-fotos-del-accidente-del-eurofighter/

On arrival to Albacete Airbase, three aircraft pulled up, the fourth just rolled slowly until inverted and plunged to the ground

swerve

it became a failure after the oil crisis. the USA reaction (which was not unlike the tax they’ve put on Bombardier sale to Delta recently) was just another thing that made sure it would be profitable. if the oil did remain at the prices it had before, it would still have operated over a certain number of routes and potentially make profits.

what’s more, the B-52 is an old horse that can be adapted to any needs.. the Russians had the Myasitchev M-50 even earlier in the pipeline which was disposed of in the early 1960’s as they developed missiles to do the job (a lot cheaper to maintain).. same thing: the mission for which it was made disappeared