The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) in flight during testing. Source: News LimitedJSF 'No Match' For Latest Russian Fighters Or Chinese Radar -- The Australian
THE stealth qualities of the futuristic F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on order for the Royal Australian Air Force are overrated and the plane's combat performance greatly exaggerated, a defence lobby group has claimed.
The complaints by Air Power Australia, longtime critics of the $16 billion JSF acquisition, were made last night before a public hearing of parliament's defence sub-committee.
Latest-generation Russian fighters such as the Sukhoi T-50 would easily defeat the F-35 in air-to-air combat, Air Power's Peter Goon said, referring to recent modelling tests by his organisation.
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Update: Aussies’ modest proposal: Sell us F-22s, mate -- DoD Buzz
My Comment: Air Power Australia's website is here. One of my favorite websites that I regularly read on the F-35 program is a transplanted American who now lives in Australia. His website (and a must read everyday) is here.
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