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To: Red Badger

“Eastwood says that the F-35 has better stealth attributes than the J-20, with the latter being unable to see the former until a missile lock.”

LOL, and the F-35 in the photo at the top of the article isn’t even slightly stealth. It has to dirty sidewinders hanging on two dirty pods out on the wingtips. It’ll show up like a dirty F-16. And the F-35 “stealth” on a clean 35 is only from the front.
Take away stealth and it’s a slower less maneuverable fighter with a gun installed as an afterthought with a whole 180 rounds (3 seconds of ammo).


2 posted on 03/18/2024 12:15:37 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: DesertRhino

That picture was from a recent airstrike by U.S. Air Force F-35s in northeastern Iraq. The planes involved carried AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles on their wingtips, but in this particular instance the F-35s didn’t have to worry about being detected by radar.

Normally, the missiles are stored in an internal weapons bay. So stealth is still a thing they have.


8 posted on 03/18/2024 12:47:38 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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