tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post8112760941543484098..comments2024-03-16T19:58:56.871-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: A Costly Fix for One of the F-35's Achilles' Heels?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-89244194099743262812015-02-02T19:23:51.387-08:002015-02-02T19:23:51.387-08:00Thats what I meant. Do over, its called a A10Thats what I meant. Do over, its called a A10Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-45464123226065851152015-02-02T07:20:04.833-08:002015-02-02T07:20:04.833-08:00@PLG- snazzy, perhaps, but it will also push some ...@PLG- snazzy, perhaps, but it will also push some defence budgets to the breaking point.<br /><br />@ Steve - if you're going to ditch the F-35 airframe, you would start over from scratch. The F-35 has been an exercise in compromise of capabilities to accommodate the limitations of that airframe. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-29570540967279098962015-02-02T06:01:28.093-08:002015-02-02T06:01:28.093-08:00A new airframe would also help.A new airframe would also help.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-45970724281604982292015-01-30T13:38:42.384-08:002015-01-30T13:38:42.384-08:00So, the snazzy engine sounds snazzy. It also soun...So, the snazzy engine sounds snazzy. It also sounds like vaporware. Back when the F-35 was vaporware, it too sounded snazzy. Time will tell.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-37032987256254249402015-01-30T07:22:19.603-08:002015-01-30T07:22:19.603-08:00@ Alison. Yes, I believe Israel is producing the ...@ Alison. Yes, I believe Israel is producing the wing components. The helmet, I'm not sure. It's part of Lockheed's brilliant marketing plan to disperse production so that every customer will feel some hit if they back out.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-50166331572168834342015-01-30T07:20:53.037-08:002015-01-30T07:20:53.037-08:00I had read elsewhere vague criticisms about the F-...I had read elsewhere vague criticisms about the F-35 being a magnet for heat seeking missiles in the close support role but this article is the first to get specific.<br /><br />Cost is an unduly large factor with this airplane. It limits the number of units smaller customers can afford. In turn, that makes risking losses more significant. This heat issue is a big vulnerability that would discourage small users from exposing their scarce resource to shoulder-launched IR missiles in the close support role.<br /><br />The F-35 has to fly low. Its stealth cloaking, already degraded by counter-measures is frontal aspect only. Unless it's low it is easily detected (and attacked) from the other, non-stealthy<br />aspects.<br /><br /> The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-38964776791789190442015-01-30T06:38:09.291-08:002015-01-30T06:38:09.291-08:00So are the wings and parts of the helmets still be...So are the wings and parts of the helmets still being made in Israel?Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-25320464461040642712015-01-29T21:39:31.527-08:002015-01-29T21:39:31.527-08:00They could go back to RR.They could go back to RR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-43961229199499010782015-01-29T18:18:06.631-08:002015-01-29T18:18:06.631-08:00This just keeps getting better and better. Sure ho...This just keeps getting better and better. Sure hope it carries lots of heat-seeker flares. Sure hope we don't buy it.Edstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295069754219954783noreply@blogger.com