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| Not All F-35 News is Bad |
| 2020-02-02 |
| [NationalInterest] Why the F-35s Crazy 'Beast Mode' Should Terrify North Korea, China (Or Anyone): It can take out multiple targets with ease. |
| Posted by:Mercutio |
| #4 C’mon, Magpie; you are suggesting the Ascot Corps are jealous of the Brown Shoe Navy and their “Do anything (mediorcty-like) Super LawnDart. Saw a report that the 5-sided Funhouse was contemplating a restart of the F-15 line since so many are up against airframe retirement hours. Somehow I can’t picture any USAF General NOT wanting to tinker with what works and slather on the electronic bling; the aerospace equivalent of a Mister “ T” Starter Kit.... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2020-02-02 20:12 |
| #3 If you consider the F-35 as an F/A-35 like the "F-117" then it seems useful... mostly. Cramming the ELINT, mini-AWACS, and the HAL 9000 AI software logistics package as standard features that must be maintained on all aircraft ... At some point you get a multi-role mess that is mediocre at everything. |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-02-02 11:29 |
| #2 I have a friend who's son has flown both the F-22 and F-35. He prefers the F-22. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2020-02-02 06:44 |
| #1 All it does is show that the Paveway IV missiles are pretty good. It doesn't tell us much about the F=35 performance other than it seems to be a stable missile platform, i.e. straight and level flight. 'Beast mode' is a good concept though. Lockheed need to reduce the code line count from 1.5 (or more) million lines to a functional level. The bare minimum of code plus a bit that gets the job done and no more. It takes a real engineer to do proper critical coding and not some ex newspaper(wo)man or coal miner to achieve that. (Yes I know, there's always the exceptional ones, but they're rare.) Too many lines of codes lead to computing delay churning through the unnecessary codes to get the job done. This seems to be a problem with the F-35 along with stall and weight issues. |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-02-02 05:49 |