Lightning II: So Far, So Good

In article , Herbert Viola
wrote:

In article ,
"Flashnews" wrote:

In the latest Code One the JSF is shown coming out of the page carrying
wing tanks, weapons, racks, pods, all external. You could exchange the
picture for an A-4, Harrier, Jaguar, and F-4, an F-18, F-14, F-15 or
F-16 and perhaps even a Eurofighter - all of which (all of which) have
some superior quality over the JSF. It is a nice new jet, has lots of
stealth (we are told) but for the moment - someone tell me - what does
it do better. Then down the road - it will also be far short of what we
will need - so what the heck are we doing except spending money. Note
that now out of fear the Navy is spending more good money to actually
cut up and crush the retired F-14's desperate never to allow them to be
brought back. The F-35 may be the nicest new jet but for what purpose
does it serve??

8 SDBs and 2 AMRAAMs carried internally, giving you stealth, self-defense and
tremendous destructive power against ground targets. And a great AESA
radar. Its
a pretty good plane. It serves the purpose of using stealth to survive
the CAS
and strike mission in future battlefields while offering significant air
to air
abilities.

WADR, whether it's a "pretty good plane" with a "great AESA radar" remains to
be seen. It's had how many flights?
It's not even operational. A little early to be making judgements like that.

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

In article , Herbert Viola
wrote:

In article ,
(Harry Andreas) wrote:

8 SDBs and 2 AMRAAMs carried internally, giving you stealth, self-defense
and
tremendous destructive power against ground targets. And a great AESA
radar. Its
a pretty good plane. It serves the purpose of using stealth to survive
the CAS
and strike mission in future battlefields while offering significant air
to air
abilities.

WADR, whether it's a "pretty good plane" with a "great AESA radar"
remains to
be seen. It's had how many flights?
It's not even operational. A little early to be making judgements like that.

I think I hit your GOM button by saying that the F-35 has a great AESA
radar in
a way which made it appear to you that I though it was better than other AESA
radars, including the ones you have toiled over. I meant that its a
great radar
compared to all fighter radars, including the fighters that the third
poster was
describing as better choices than the F-35.

Perhaps, but it's still in development as opposed to operational, so saying it's
great seems a little premature since it hasn't been flown against other
aircraft or aircraft systems. YMMV.

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur