Why the US is one of the only countries that can build a 6th-generation fighter alone

US and China are perhaps the only countries with the industrial base and funding to feasibly go it alone and develop a fullyfledged 6th-gen fighter.
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Japan set out to build its own fighter jet. America forced it to copy the F-16, then refused to hand over the code to fly it

In the 1980s, Japan set out to build its own modern fighter jet, a symbol of its high-tech rise. Washington pressured Tokyo ...
CNN

Europe’s next-gen fighter jet is dead. What does that mean for the continent’s security ambitions?

When plans to build a European fighter jet to surpass the US F-35 were officially grounded this week, it came as a surprise to almost no one. Industrial incompatibilities ultimately sank the project ...