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To: U-238

Some other people think like that also. If it isn’t obsolete already it will be by 2030. I think it is nothing but a crate full of compromises with mediocre range and several other deficiencies 15 years in the making and way more expensive than it should be. Another F-111 with one engine.

The look around sensors and linking between other aircraft is OK but doesn’t require an F-35 for all that.

That’s what it takes to make a horse race. Of course war is no horse race.


10 posted on 03/16/2012 8:17:35 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Half the people are below average.)
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To: Sequoyah101

You are forgetting that the plane’s avionics are constatly being upgraded.


11 posted on 03/16/2012 8:20:09 PM PDT by U-238
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To: Sequoyah101
The Israelis as part of the deal are adding their own modifications to the planes.
12 posted on 03/16/2012 8:21:34 PM PDT by U-238
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