Opinions on the F-35
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Canada will most likely be relying on the Lightning for air superiority, as will many of the European partners, and possibly Australia. Still, the F-35's abilities in this department cannot be simply dismissed. On the air defense mission, the jet can and most likely will be fitted with external weapons, vastly increasing the available shots. On the penetration mission, the F-35's stealth should permit it to avoid most engagements it could not successfully complete, and there are very few air forces in the world which could comfortably absorb the loss of 4 combat capable jets each time they encounter a pair of F-35's.
All in all, the F-35 is almost certainly expected to score most of it's kills against other airplanes the sensible way - while the other guys are on the ground. True air superiority is won over the other fellow's runway, not in the skies over the battlefield. While such plans may prove optimistic, one can hardly build an affordable tactical aircraft for every possible eventuality, and so a semi-stealthy bomb truck with modest anti-air capabilities is the design which best reflects the military experiences of the last 20-30 years. If there were limitless money, every air force and naval air arm would be equipped with super-fighters of the class of the F-22 or better, but this is simply not the reality in which we live.
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Future RAAF: 24 F/A-18F/G's for bombing, 100 F-35A's for air supremacy & first strike - no more Mach 2+ for usBombcat wrote: Canada will most likely be relying on the Lightning for air superiority, as will many of the European partners, and possibly Australia.
Still, if you want a quick strike, you use a cruise missile.
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It would seem that the USMC will now be operating 80 F-35C's to replace their F/A-18A/Cs on the US Navy's big deck carriers. The F-35B is still slated to replace the Marine Harriers and land based F/A-18Ds.
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On other news, 7 out of 10 F-35s were to continue flight testing from the generator fail incident which happened in flight.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/03/14 ... esume.html
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Wouldn't that just burn the shrimp?Dragon029 wrote: Future RAAF: 24 F/A-18F/G's for bombing, 100 F-35A's for air supremacy & first strike - no more Mach 2+ for us
Still, if you want a quick strike, you use a cruise missile.
I'm glad that us Brits have decided to go with the F-35C, with a better range and better weapons load will make their price tag a little easier to swallow.
My opinion has always been that we should go for the SAAB Gripen in it's naval form, that SAAB are developing for the contest for a India's new carrier aircraft.
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