Your BBC link says fighters were scrambled to approach the bomber that did not enter sovereign airspace. I&#x27;m not sure what your argument is.<p>I would say it&#x27;s always been cheaper to shoot down an airplane than to build, use, and maintain it. That&#x27;s nothing new.<p>I don&#x27;t recall anyone ever claiming that stealth would make the planes undetectable, only harder to detect. You do realize that what we know as stealth technology today was developed 30 to 50 years ago? I would assume new technologies have been developed to defeat it. Even accidentally, such as your cell phone grid example; which did not exist when the stealth technology was developed. Doesn&#x27;t mean it has always been a scam. Today&#x27;s planes are &quot;stealth-like&quot; which means they have similar technologies but no one expects them to disappear into the night.<p>As for the cost, I agree. This trend of bigger, better, and more expensive is stupid.