National Interest: A Must See: This Leaked Video Shows the F-35 in "Beast Mode"
A recently leaked video sheds light on one of the F-35’s possible weapons configurations, previously dubbed as “beast mode” in a Lockheed Martin infographic.
The video, dating back to November of 2018, depicts an F-35 simultaneously firing five air-to-surface missiles against five test targets. At least one of the targets-- a light vehicle-- can be seen moving.
Though it is presently unconfirmed where the trial took place and what kind of guided bomb was used, defense expert Ian D’Costa offered some clarifying insight to The Aviationist : “It’s an F-35 at NTTR (Nellis Test and Training Range), I could be wrong, but it [seems to be] dropping five Paveway IVs and hitting all five targets with GEOT (Good Effect On Target).”
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WNU Editor:As I mentioned in a prior post. It is good to see that they are progressing on making the F-35 into the platform that they had originally promised.
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I have said before and I will say again.
The F-35A could very well turn out to be a good aircraft. It will need a lot of work, but there are very few fundamental drawbacks to the design.
The F-35C could be half decent as well, but it probably won't be able to replace the entire Carrier Air Wing despite the claims. Again it will need work, but compared to the rest of the worlds carrier fighters, it is a decent design.
The F-35B on the other hand is a bit of a travesty. Stealth and VTOL don't work together. This is proven by the fact that is has a VERY limited internal storage capacity. Which in turn means that if you want to have payloads worth the flight, you have to negate your stealth via external mountings. Oh, also did I forget to mention that because they wanted a Stealth VTOL, they had to use a turbofan which cannot lift the vehicle well enough to to combat VTOL. Thereby making it a STOVL aircraft.
Anyway, I am glad that At least two variants of the aircraft are starting to look like they could be decent. It just has taken far too much money and time to get here.
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