HMS Astute
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Re: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Thread
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter News, Videos and pics Thread
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Jura The idiot
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Re: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Thread
No doubt a very intelligent lady, but not the right strategy in the global economy right now. Just kinda misses the point I'm afraid?
No doubt a very intelligent lady, but not the right strategy in the global economy right now. Just kinda misses the point I'm afraid?
Re: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Thread
Hrm, think I said something similar in the U.S. military thread when it came to the new offset strategy . . .
"I don't see the F-35 being targeted, you have to replace legacy aircraft and that's what the F-35 does for all the partner nations. That being said I see a lot more unmanned platforms coming and more unconventional manufacturing. To me its very much implied that we have to be able to produce lots of platforms cheaply and quickly that are "good enough" to counter and defeat a future enemy, remember the old saying that quantity has a quality all its own. Technology is no longer a viable offset strategy for the military as it was during the cold war, its time to think outside the box . . . again . "
http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/world-armed-forces/us-military-news-thread-220-1547.html#post315465
I disagree, I think a few well armed UCAV's being controlled by a F-35 or F-22 is a great idea. Opens up a lot of new tactics and leverages a lot of the U.S. military's strengths.
-Greg
Hrm, think I said something similar in the U.S. military thread when it came to the new offset strategy . . .
"I don't see the F-35 being targeted, you have to replace legacy aircraft and that's what the F-35 does for all the partner nations. That being said I see a lot more unmanned platforms coming and more unconventional manufacturing. To me its very much implied that we have to be able to produce lots of platforms cheaply and quickly that are "good enough" to counter and defeat a future enemy, remember the old saying that quantity has a quality all its own. Technology is no longer a viable offset strategy for the military as it was during the cold war, its time to think outside the box . . . again . "
http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/world-armed-forces/us-military-news-thread-220-1547.html#post315465
I disagree, I think a few well armed UCAV's being controlled by a F-35 or F-22 is a great idea. Opens up a lot of new tactics and leverages a lot of the U.S. military's strengths.
-Greg
Re: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Thread
Having an even more stealthy ACAS or two or three, armed with either Anti-radiation missiles, ASMs, or even A2A missiles in their weapons bays will play havoc on OPFOR defenses...both ground based and airborne.
The F-35Cs will use the ACASs to sense and find the bad guys and then either engage them directly from those platforms or from their own stores. Lots of flexibility and the capability to have an advanced, stealthy, and unmanned force, clearing the path for the manned aircraft to come in later when the danger is significantly reduced.
The F-35C was always meant to be able to control several X-47B type (Unmanned Combat Air System) UCASs, it is only natural that this capability would extend to the other branches.
Having an even more stealthy ACAS or two or three, armed with either Anti-radiation missiles, ASMs, or even A2A missiles in their weapons bays will play havoc on OPFOR defenses...both ground based and airborne.
The F-35Cs will use the ACASs to sense and find the bad guys and then either engage them directly from those platforms or from their own stores. Lots of flexibility and the capability to have an advanced, stealthy, and unmanned force, clearing the path for the manned aircraft to come in later when the danger is significantly reduced.
Jura The idiot
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HMS Astute
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Re: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Thread
Do they not make their own? I'm sure a wealthy and technologically very advanced country like Japan can easily produce its own missiles.
Do they not make their own? I'm sure a wealthy and technologically very advanced country like Japan can easily produce its own missiles.
Jura The idiot
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Re: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Thread
yeah but how would they integrate them into F-35?? F-35 can't shoot American weaponry yet (software not ready) ...
yeah but how would they integrate them into F-35?? F-35 can't shoot American weaponry yet (software not ready) ...
thunderchief
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Re: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Thread
Lot of folks in Pentagon are now grasping at straws, with regard of F-35 . Now they want them to act like E-8 STARS, something they were never designed to do, because they cannot realistically explain huge delays and cost overruns in this program .
Lot of folks in Pentagon are now grasping at straws, with regard of F-35 . Now they want them to act like E-8 STARS, something they were never designed to do, because they cannot realistically explain huge delays and cost overruns in this program .