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"Stealth" is a meager consolation for an airplane that missed its internal load targeted capability by a factor 4, that is out-maneuvered by anything in the sky
by fransje26 2y ago
"Stealth" is a meager consolation for an airplane that missed its internal load targeted capability by a factor 4, that is out-maneuvered by anything in the sky, and that the airforce doesn't want.. But contrary to the previous dud Lockheed produced, the airforce cannot wiggle itself out of the problem by not buying it this time around, which certainly is a big bonus for the Lockheed shareholders.
Starliner is also a pile of hot garbage, but it has the benefit of costing the US taxpayers 300 times less than the Lockheed debacle.
- malfist 2y agoIt doesn't need to outmaneuver if it can shoot down it's opponents before they can engage
- JonChesterfield 2y agoAre there ground based weapons that fire explosive things upwards at slow moving targets with some effectiveness?
- ls612 2y agoIts hard to operate those weapons in the western pacific. Patriot launchers tend to sink in water.
- monetus 2y agoThere are arguments in the industry that the paradigm has shifted to where dogfighting and the need for that maneuverability is a thing of the past? They are showing up on YouTube at least.
- ls612 2y agoNobody really knows what large scale combat between stealth fighters will look like, but that paradigm is completely valid for upgraded 4th gen planes.
- akvadrako 2y agoIn simulations the F35 usually wins against non-stealthy dog-fighters, but that's never been tested in a real-world situation.