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Originally Posted by PeriscopeDepth
This is EXACTLY what gets me about the F-35. There is NOTHING the F-35 can do better than the F-22.
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WRONG the F/A-35 is capable of landing on short fields (unpaven fields too IIRC) and can launch and trap from a carrier.
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Originally Posted by PeriscopeDepth
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Originally Posted by Zachstar
Remember that it is not just us. But other nations and the Brit Navy.
They will not be getting the advanced drone technology as fast as we can. So they need the F-35 for effective Defence for a few decades.
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Oh, we owe it to the Brits. That's why we should keep F-35. You're kidding, right? Last time they had real carriers they got rid of them _during the height of the Cold War_. If they want to rebuild their carrier force in a time of relatively no threat, let them pay for their own air wing R&D. Not my problem. |
Got rid of them infavor of ASW carriers. Gee what did the Soviets buy in bulk... could it be Submarines? Plus those ASW carriers were intended to operate in the GIUK gap well with in range of land based fighters from Iceland and Scotland.
Also don't forget that the RN's last carrier based fighter/interceptor was the F-4 Phantom. BAe and other UK based firms have been out of the non VTOL naval aviation buisness for quite a while so its so suprise that they wan't to buy the same jet the US Navy is going to operate.