THE TEMPEST!
The UK Ministry of Defence made a major announcement at the Farnborough Air Show today. It unveiled plans for a new fighter to replace the Eurofighter Typhoon . First of all, let us start with the name: TEMPEST. It is very cool. The name implies lineage with the current Typhoon and harkens back to the Hawker Tempest fighter-bomber of WWII. Not only that, but the name "Tempest" is darn-right Shakespearean . The design itself seems rather plain in comparison. BAE Replica At first glance, it resembles the BAE Systems Replica design study. A stealthy twin-engined, twin-tailed delta that also happens to look eerily similar to Boeing's X-32. There even seems to be a slight resemblance to the Handley-Page Victor bomber. While the Tempest is being billed as a sixth generation fighter, its appearance is distinctly fifth generation. Then again, nobody really knows what "6th gen" aircraft are going to look like... Desp...