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The engines, flight profiles, and countermeasure requirements vary by design, but all shorten warning and decision timelines for defenders.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
But its public roll out was set back by the COVID-19 pandemic, and likely influenced by design tweaks and pressures of the Ukraine war, Sutton said.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Given the makeup of the new Pac-12, which is lean and mean by design, any team that emerges with a conference title and fewer than three losses will be in contention for that CFP berth.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
And was out of the frame, by design.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
But its public roll out was set back by the COVID-19 pandemic, and likely influenced by design tweaks and pressures of the Ukraine war, Sutton said.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Given the makeup of the new Pac-12, which is lean and mean by design, any team that emerges with a conference title and fewer than three losses will be in contention for that CFP berth.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
And was out of the frame, by design.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
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“By design.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20design. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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