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UK to buy F-35Bs
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Its probably the Australian F35's that are being delayed. You guys get first use to run them in for us.:O:
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What is this F-35? I say it is a myth! :O:
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I caught a snippet of this on the BBC news yesterday, all I got was the words
government, jump jets, u-turn I wrongly thought they'd decided to get Harriers out of mothballed storage. :cry: |
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No matter whether B- or C-version - still too expensive in these times, still to small an internal payload (spending all that money on making it stealthy and then compromising stealth by adding external payloads...???), and as many also say: too short legs, with the B-version having even shorter legs.
I saw the customer list so far somewhere, 11 countries - all names on the list suffering from extremly troublesome financial status. Spending without being able to afford it - something's wrong there. Sometimes you have to cut back your global intentions and stay with the cheaper solutions. You may still be able to defend what is vital to you. Just that maybe you have to shorten the planned front and can no longer plan for operations and wars that are no needs but luxurious choices. |
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It's a fantastic aircraft, I'm not questioning its capabilities...when it's finally finished...
It's just beyond the price range of most countries these days, well...nearly all of them in fact, except perhaps Saudi Arabia... :hmmm: |
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If it was my contract I'd say 'stuff it'. And I'd also make sure that that was written in the contract before signing - tight budgetry and timescale controls along with the fact it must at least reach the brief. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Herr-B will never be involved with government procurement - unless they want to buy something off me. :D |
" ... The design was born in the late 1980s in the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon agency that has earned an undeserved reputation for astute innovation. ..." 1980ies .. with the strategical need of those times ? On one hand the project is too big to fail, on the other hand maybe it will die a silent death - of course after the elections, and regardless who's in charge then. For what i read on multiple forums: - Stealth will not be accomplished due to the two rudders - a clear blip visible on any 30-year-old radar. - It cannot carry enough arms, even as the "normal" non-VTOL or even catapult version (the VTOL is being hampered by multiple problems, too fuew fuel and ams, due to the space needed for VTOL components) - It cannot be used in low altitude missions (why not b.t.w.?) - The fuselage cell is prone to cracks, especially with the VTOL and catapult versions, limiting the calculated life and needing more maintenance and state supervision - The costs have exploded, but the machine still fails to deliver. It seems they wanted a jet that did all - and what they get is a jet that can do all, but nothing right. Also, from an article: "In a decade's time, the United States plans to have 15 times as many modern fighters as China, and 20 times as many as Russia." " .. So, how many F-35s do we need? 100? 500? Washington intends to buy 2,443, at a price tag of $382 billion. Add in the $650 billion that the Government Accountability Office estimates is needed to operate and maintain the aircraft, and the total cost reaches a staggering $1 trillion. In other words, we're spending more on this plane than Australia's entire GDP ($924 billion). ..." I think those jets are fascinating, but i do not think it would be wise to go on spending that money on .. "defence". |
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