Monday, January 12, 2009

Doubts About The F-35 Are Now Starting To Surface

F-35

From Aviation Week:

In the Joint Strike Fighter thread here, commenter Solomon asks an important question:

What are the rules to this debate? LM states that the AN/ALR-94 [the BAE Systems EW system on the F-22] is a world beater. Everyone believes it. but LM states that the same package, just more advanced, is installed on the F-35, and everyone says hogwash.

LM and the USAF state that the F-22 is the world's best fighter and everyone believes it. LM and the USAF say that the F-35 will be an excellent low-end complement to the F-22 and no one believes it.

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My Comment: This plane is not going to be built with the numbers that the original planners had visualized. There are too many questions and doubts .... and no one is giving the right answers

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