The most expensive weapon system of all times

Skybird · 02-20-13, 08:29 PM

the links set up by commentators should not go ba unnoticed:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...impact-381683/

Those acceleation times are a extremely bad news for a pilot who has an advanced AAM in his neck. The recommendation to reduce the Gs being pulled even more, does not make it better.

http://www.cassidian.com/en_US/web/g...ains-invisible
There is potential in that - though not to the benefit of the F-35.

And the F-22, costing so much, and having had two wars bypassing it since the kind of enemy it was designed for did not show up: the Raptors still have not proven their value in any hot engagement. Are they still grounded btw.?

http://theaviationist.com/2012/07/13...yphoon-raptor/

"We have had a Raptor salad." Nicely put

The Chinese probably already have had their bite on the F-35 anyway. Of course Lockheed claims that their espionage attack into the company'S datanetwork, confirmed to have stolen code of the control logic and other technical data, was harmless and did not do threatening damage to the plane'S survivability. - What else would you expect them to say with that much money at stake?

Meanwhile, the Americans train more drone pilots than combat pilots these days.

And there is practically not a single American hightech weapon or platform in service that does not use Chinese-made chips and high tech parts.

I think they really need to start thinking in the Pentagon.

02-20-13, 08:29 PM	#13
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,621 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	the links set up by commentators should not go ba unnoticed: http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...impact-381683/ Those acceleation times are a extremely bad news for a pilot who has an advanced AAM in his neck. The recommendation to reduce the Gs being pulled even more, does not make it better. http://www.cassidian.com/en_US/web/g...ains-invisible There is potential in that - though not to the benefit of the F-35. And the F-22, costing so much, and having had two wars bypassing it since the kind of enemy it was designed for did not show up: the Raptors still have not proven their value in any hot engagement. Are they still grounded btw.? http://theaviationist.com/2012/07/13...yphoon-raptor/ "We have had a Raptor salad." Nicely put The Chinese probably already have had their bite on the F-35 anyway. Of course Lockheed claims that their espionage attack into the company'S datanetwork, confirmed to have stolen code of the control logic and other technical data, was harmless and did not do threatening damage to the plane'S survivability. - What else would you expect them to say with that much money at stake? Meanwhile, the Americans train more drone pilots than combat pilots these days. And there is practically not a single American hightech weapon or platform in service that does not use Chinese-made chips and high tech parts. I think they really need to start thinking in the Pentagon. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.