Fine and dandy now go smoke some ISIS butt with the darn thing
To: artichokegrower
To: artichokegrower
USN would have been better off with a $60 mil improved Harrier.
That way they could buy 3 or 400 of them.
4 posted on
05/30/2015 2:28:56 PM PDT by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: artichokegrower
I think newer versions of fighters are great, but is it more cost effective to buy 100 F-35B fighter jets at $135 million each or buy 200 f-18 jets at $70 million each or even 465 F-16 fighter jets at $29 million each?
Is quality that much more important than quantity? Particularly when I am not sure if more than 10 F-16 or even 1 F-18 has been lost to hostile action.
8 posted on
05/30/2015 2:46:40 PM PDT by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
To: Pukin Dog
9 posted on
05/30/2015 2:49:32 PM PDT by
PAR35
To: artichokegrower
What a "PIG"!
CAT, or TRAP.
And get OFF!, the DECK!
To: artichokegrower
That’s scheduled in 2035. Can’t rush things.
19 posted on
05/30/2015 4:01:17 PM PDT by
ProtectOurFreedom
(For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
To: artichokegrower
Weird watching the take off at the end of the vid with the huge intake air door open behind the cockpit. It looks,like somebody driving a convertible on the freeway with the top stuck halfway down. That’s got to be an incredibly strong structure to take that wind load.
20 posted on
05/30/2015 4:14:59 PM PDT by
ProtectOurFreedom
(For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
To: artichokegrower
Neat toy. Far too expensive, limited payload, limited range, one engine etc.
To: artichokegrower
24 posted on
05/30/2015 5:21:54 PM PDT by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: artichokegrower
28 posted on
05/31/2015 11:06:06 AM PDT by
GBA
(Just a hick in paradise)
To: artichokegrower
CAS A-10's can take punishment and safely return to base.
Could a F-35 do the same or do it's advocates think it's so fancy it will dodge ground fire and never get hit?
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