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F-35I In Action
SYSOP
5/25/2017 5:34:38 AM
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trenchsol
5/25/2017 7:59:52 AM
Once numerous F-35 skeptics are nowhere to be found these days....
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violentnuke
5/27/2017 3:26:43 AM
I still cannot get over that it weighs more than a F15C with only one engine. Also the VTOL icannot use thrust vectoring for air combat like the Harrier could. Let us note that the F23 was dropped because it was deemed not as survivable as the F22 if stealth failed and had to dog fight, and the F-23 is very maneuverable, much more so than the F35 with a greater thrust weight ratio. For the price tag, we should have gone with the F23 for interdiction missions
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trenchsol
5/28/2017 7:38:36 AM
I am nut sure, but AIM-9X can be fired off-boresight, at high angles. It might have something to do with it. Meaning, you don't need to get at someones six to shoot it down. As soon as you know where they are, you can start using missiles. That might have rewritten some of the Boelcke rules of air combat.
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africanboy
5/31/2017 5:51:31 AM
Read this Trenchsol - nothing has changed, except to have gotten worse
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-f-35-is-a-terrible-fighter-bomber-and-attacker-and-unfit-for-aircraft-carriers-c6e36763574b
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trenchsol
5/31/2017 12:14:20 PM
Sorry, Africanboy, I have to decline. "War Is Boring" is periodically publishing articles with sole purpose of attacking President Trump. Not only that I like Trump, but also I don't believe that such kind of web site should be involved in political activism. "War Is Boring" is putting ads on their site, which means everyone who visits is helping them with income. Well, I have no intention of helping them in any way.
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