"PENTAGON WORKING TO GIVE F-35 JSF NUCLEAR-STRIKE CAPABILITY"

On Apr 29, 11:20*pm, Ian B MacLure wrote:
"dott.Piergiorgio" wrote :

Mike ha scritto:
Inside the Air Force - 4/24/2009

GENERAL: PENTAGON WORKING TO GIVE F-35 JSF NUCLEAR-STRIKE CAPABILITY

The Defense Department and a handful of allies have launched an effort
to ensure the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is capable of
conducting the most devastating mission in modern warfare --
delivering a nuclear bomb.

Ugh.....

let's cross well the fingers, there's already a mess, and a -D version,
available to select few, has all the potential to sink the entire
program......

* * * * Why another version? It would simply be a Block X update to
* * * * whatever was fielded. What after all is the difference between
* * * * nuclear and non-nuclear capable aircraft? Basically some form
* * * * of safety gear related to weapon fusing.

* * * * IBM

Its a bit more than that. Takes a lot of work to be nuclear certified.

frank wrote in
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On Apr 29, 11:20*pm, Ian B MacLure wrote:
"dott.Piergiorgio" wrote
inn
:

Mike ha scritto:
Inside the Air Force - 4/24/2009

GENERAL: PENTAGON WORKING TO GIVE F-35 JSF NUCLEAR-STRIKE
CAPABILITY

The Defense Department and a handful of allies have launched an
effort to ensure the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is capable
of conducting the most devastating mission in modern warfare --
delivering a nuclear bomb.

Ugh.....

let's cross well the fingers, there's already a mess, and a -D
version, available to select few, has all the potential to sink the
entire program......

* * * * Why another version? It would simply be a Block X update
to
* * * * whatever was fielded. What after all is the difference be
tween
* * * * nuclear and non-nuclear capable aircraft? Basically some
form
* * * * of safety gear related to weapon fusing.

* * * * IBM

Its a bit more than that. Takes a lot of work to be nuclear certified.

It is however doable and the process is well understood.

IBM