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"In the event that an F-35 is unable to fully avoid ground-based air defenses, the fighter can use its speed, maneuverability and air combat skill to try to defend against whatever might be sent up to challenge it."
Just spit-ballin', but if it can't avoid the ground-based air defenses, what chance is it going to have against air-based defenses (enemy fighters)?
Just spit-ballin', but if it can't avoid the ground-based air defenses, what chance is it going to have against air-based defenses (enemy fighters)?
F-35 Trains Against Russian Air Defenses
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To be fair, ground systems can be much more robust, utilizing more signal acquisition methods than aircraft systems.
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SSgt Ryan Sylvester understood. I just have great reservations about this frame. it has been, what, 15 years? And the damned thing still doesn't quite work right? I don't understand why we halted the F-22, which is far superior in the air. The F-35 could've been the successor to the F-16, if they had just focused on having it be that from the beginning, not some magical Swiss Army knife of the skies.
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SSgt (Join to see) - Oh, believe me, I'm right there with you. This aircraft has never gotten the bugs even close to worked out. And now, they're still finding more, new bugs before the old ones get solved. Optimal design, no rly.
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SSgt Ryan Sylvester - Col John Boyd's ghost is trying to come back & kick whomever designed that bird's ass.
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