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And where in that quote does it say anything about 'inferior' materials being detrimental to the F-35's low radar observability?1. The F-35 uses cheaper composite materials for stealth and avoids the expensive F-22 multi-layers of stealth paint applications.
Lockheed-Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter; Assessing the Joint Strike Fighter
"The stealth capability in the JSF is designed for low cost and maintainability, rather than best possible stealth performance. Stealth is achieved by a combination of shaping, detail design and absorbent/lossy materials, with shaping being the most dominant feature by some degree. While detail design and materials can evolve over the life of a design, and be upgraded incrementally to match an evolving threat, airframe shaping is fixed and whatever limits it imposes are unchangable."
This is utter BS. The location of the weapons bay in no way make the F-35 inferior.2. After two years in this thread, I can only conclude you are brain dead. You're seriously telling me you don't understand why the lack of internal side weapon bays make the F-35 inferior to the J-20? It is obvious.
Aerospaceweb.org | Ask Us - F-35 JSF Weapon Carriage Capacity
If anything, it can be argued that the J-20 is inferior to the F-35 due to its limitations in the type of weapons it can carry. Say the same for the F-22 as well -- inferior.
Since when is a missile restricted to a specific location on an aircraft? Is this another example of 'Chinese physics'?Let's say both the F-35 and J-20 carry MRAAM in their main underside weapon bay. Since only the J-20 has side internal weapon bays, which carry SRAAM, the F-35 is at a disadvantage in a dogfight. WVR combat is likely to occur because the AESA radar won't pick up the other fighter until close range.
The quantity of missiles carried is irrelevant. It depends on who shoot first. With the J-20's higher missile count, it will make a larger fireball on destruction.No matter how you look at it, a J-20 fighter with six missiles is superior to a F-35 fighter with four missiles. I can't believe you can't figure that out yourself and I have to explain it to you.
And we do not have time for 'Chinese physics'.I don't have the time or inclination to keep answering your goofy questions. If you have a serious point that I haven't covered before, I am willing to address it. However, I'm not willing to keep addressing issues that I have covered in the last two years in the J-20 threads.