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Nice propaganda piece from whoever's trying to justify the horrible decision to put VTOL on the F-35.
by mVChr 12y ago
Nice propaganda piece from whoever's trying to justify the horrible decision to put VTOL on the F-35.
- mtdewcmu 12y agoWas it propaganda? I watched it with no sound, but I was thinking about Pierre Sprey's critiques the whole time. At least we have excellent pilots.
- trhway 12y agoHarrier is 45 years old. There is no need for propaganda, just a statistics form its use would do it. So there is definitely need for the new VTOL. How this new VTOL was built is another question. F-35 VTOL seems to be an improvement over Harrier. Of course it is still to be seen in real life. What, because of VTOL req, F-35 isn't an improvement over is the F-15/18/22/etc...
- rbanffy 12y agoThe Harrier still is a pretty impressive fighter. The F-35 is, also, quite impressive, but not quite for the same reasons. Or the right ones, I should say. Unfortunately, in this world that considers low observability so important, the Harrier is the opposite of stealth.
- thrill 12y agoLow observability is crucial in a world where a $100,000 missile can bring down a $100,000,000 fighter.
- rbanffy 12y agoThere are two ways out of this - make fighters cheaper or make them stealthier. There is probably a $200K unit that can already track and take down an F-35. Or, in 10 years, there will be. Multi-mission fighters are usually easy targets.
- HarryHirsch 12y agoI hope to live long enough to see declassified reports of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles that can take out an entire aircraft carrier. I also hope not to see them in action.