Posted on 02/24/2012 6:07:03 AM PST by Yo-Yo
We need to make enough of them where the price comes down and make it our dominant fighter.
We will need them. Don’t think it will be long.
We also need a great number of F-22’s.
External loads degrade their stealth.
Why was “aerospace” removed from “Popular Keywords” and how can we get it put back on there?
Unless Lockheed kept all the jigs, tooling and outside supplier network, that ship has sailed.
Why does this “fighter” need a gun pod? Didn’t we learn anything from the F-4 Phantom fiasco? Put the gun INSIDE!
Once you have Air Supremacy, you don’t need stealth. At least not as much as the first week or two of the conflict.
Huh??? A billion dollar fighter with a gun pod?? Why, absolutely nothing, not even an A-4 Skyhawk could get close. So why the gun?
Maybe for CAS??? Yeah a billion dollar machine brought down by a five cent round from an SKS.
This concept is nothing but a ditch waiting for an American bound man and an assasin.
This cannot be the entirety of our air-air effort. It will be overwhelmed by good enough at some point.
At least it’s designed to use the pod at the outset, unlike the F-4.
With all the lift fan mechanism up front and swivel linkages in the back of in the B model, perhaps there was no room for an internal gun.
Can the pylons the external weapons are mounted on be removed for high stealth required sorties? If not I’d expect this adaptation gives what is touted to be a stealth fighter something like the radar signature of an F16 or F18. Could be wrong, the article doesn’t address the issue. Along with VTOL in some versions I’m not sure what advantage the bird has besides stealth over much older platforms with upgraded avionics and weapons control.
Nope.
We didn’t learn anything from the F-111 program, either.
As we see “partner” nations stagger and gasp at the cost of this beast, they’re going to drop out of the program, sourcing other fighters for their needs. This will mean that the US Taxpayer will have to shoulder a bigger proportion of the ballooning costs of this beast to bring it to completion.
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They did. They also recorded every process, and had the workers describe little tricks and tips on fabrication for future use. But the assembly line has been dismantled and mothballed, and will cost a billion or so to re-establish.
Whhistleduck is on a holy mission to discredit our armed forces. Your answer is seriously attacking his self-esteem!
The F-35B went with the external pod to make room for the lift fan, and the F-35C dropped the internal gun for more fuel.
The gun pod, when fitted, is full stealth. The other external stores racks are not.
Ain’t going to happen.
The price is going too high, especially considering the state of many partner nations’ economies.
Good deal. Lets get Obama out, try to get the budget under control (close whole Cabinet levels) and restart the F-22.
It’s the Bone all over again.
Of course they are removable.
The F-35A carries 181 rounds for its gun which is capable of firing at 3000 rounds/minute. The F-35B/C with its pod can carry 225 rounds. Whoopee!!!! The A-10 carries over 1100 rounds.
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