that's a big negative, I have ZERO tolerance for know-nothing experts who buy into the corporate horse manure that is fed to them by the military establishment that is in kahuts with the military industrial complex and try to brush aside perfectly valid questions by labelling them as views of a layman...you do not get away this easy. I look forward to read your answer to my question:
everything mentioned above can al be achieved by utilizing existing aircrafts, satellites and drones for fraction of the cost of a single f35. if this is not ripping the life out of the american tax payer then what is?
You have already been answered. Infact, you deliberately are dismissive of the answer ans only on verbal loghorrea repeating the same claims ad nauseum.
So here is your answer again.
First, what is the threat the F-35 was designed for?
A modern ADGE with 4-4.5Gen aircraft, high -low level radars, AEW and modern sams(S-350,Sa-17,Tungskas and so on)
WHERE was this threat expected?
Russia, China and potentially supplied Rogue states.
How does it plan to tackle it
1. Low observability both in the Radar and IR spectrum
Vs a F-16 - a ratio of 1/30 at the least in detection range vs Air to air & air to ground radar. This it inherint built in even without the use of EW on its own or even support aircraft.
2. Powerful sensors and fusion - The F-35 carries one of the most powerful electronic warfare suites fitted to any aircraft, along with a passive(FLIR) and active(APG-81) with built in laser designation.It can share this data with unprecedented speed across all forces.
It all does all of this
without compromising on 1. The proposed F-21 has these capabilities at compromised aerodynamics and weight, it also does not have the extensive EW sensor suite across its skin as on the F-35. Same for F/A-18 block III. Neither of them have the purpose built capability of the F-35’s DAS and cannot do so without significant and costly modifications.
3. It can carry the latest A2A and A2G weapons - that in strike configuration means 4000lbs of air to ground ordnance along with 2 A2A missiles.
It does this
without compromising on 1.
The F-21 &F/A-18block III have to carry these externally - but it compromises on 1 regardless of effectiveness of a EW suite.
Against a target protected by 2x Sa-17 sites, ground AAA, defensive flights of Mig-29s and Su-27s - all of which are behind neutral airspace - you would need at the least a 12 ship flight of F-16’s and F/A-18s and EA-18Gs that would first need permission to overfly the neutral territory - then perform SEAD, ESCORT and STRIKe roles all the while at high risk of being shot down. All the while needed the refueller and AEW.
The same target with a flight of 2 F-35s, with the refueller and AEW can achieve by utilizing their low RCS to slip by reduced radar detection corridors and interceptors, bomb the target and then dash their way out shooting down any threats in their way well before they are detected.
So now, as for your completely spurious claims of knowing what the F-35s are training for and are capable of - I would compare to a Qanon follower claiming space lasers and Jewish conspiracies. No one denies a military industrial complex or its massive influence in government and legislative branches - but using that moaning ploy to name drop F-16s , F-18s to try and justify a hollow argument will have me repeat: you are simply not worth the effort to convince.
well...who is it using it against? syria? locked in unarmed Palestinians? c'mon man...also let's not forget the "bird hit" incident for the isreali f35 from 2017 that strangely happened right after the isreali f35 carried out an air raid in Syria. funny how they never released pictures of the "bird hit"...guess the bird they were referring to was the archaic s200 from the 60s...imagine the result against 21st century sam.
Qanon fake news.
A PAF aircraft can take a bird hit and lose 2 pilots but the F-35 somehow claims immunity to birds in your mind.
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