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>The F-35 can't fight. No matter what the Pentagon says, it simply is not combat operational today. It can't fire its gun. I wish people would stop going on ab
by gozur88 10y ago
>The F-35 can't fight. No matter what the Pentagon says, it simply is not combat operational today. It can't fire its gun.
I wish people would stop going on about the gun. The gun doesn't matter. It shouldn't be there at all. Eventually they'll fix the software, and the gun will work, and it still won't matter.
- ChuckMcM 10y agoNot sure why you were downvoted, but for a reference on why fighter aircraft need guns, this story about the F-8 might be informative: http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/11_on2015-f8-crusader-at-60-180956611/?no-ist http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/11_on2015-f8-cr...
- gozur88 10y agoYes, that was true sixty years ago. The gun on the A version has three seconds worth of ammo, and that's only true because it takes a second to spin up. It's an anachronism.