tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post6052670252861598665..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Oh, My God! What If We Got This One Completely Wrong?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-53212323897322864762015-02-19T17:28:16.809-08:002015-02-19T17:28:16.809-08:00What Toby said. They could start by restoring fund...What Toby said. They could start by restoring funding to Search and Rescue - something that is critical to the people living in northern remote communities and on our coasts.Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-45651498582171050722015-02-19T16:13:49.832-08:002015-02-19T16:13:49.832-08:00It would be nice if the Harper government and the ...It would be nice if the Harper government and the military would concentrate on the defence of Canada instead of these idiotic foreign ventures. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-39474461097263944522015-02-19T11:08:04.983-08:002015-02-19T11:08:04.983-08:00There seems to be a consensus that stealth is a va...There seems to be a consensus that stealth is a valuable attribute but not, of itself, the game changer once thought it would be. The F-35 discounts its shortcomings in range, speed, agility and payload, claiming they're offset by frontal-aspect only stealth cloaking. It wasn't a convincing argument at the outset and it's far less convincing today now that the intended opposition has had an extra four or five years to develop counter-measures. <br /><br />While the American stealth is focused on defeating X-band radars there are other conventional radar bands for which it's far less effective. The 'other side' is developing multi-sensor detection systems covering broadband radar, infrared, optical and even acoustic scanning.<br /><br />It's said that the Australian Jindalee radar technology is capable of detecting an aircraft's wake turbulence, something no aircraft can conceal.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-77884546575035215862015-02-19T10:50:22.702-08:002015-02-19T10:50:22.702-08:00Given the shortcomings, the ways around it and suc...Given the shortcomings, the ways around it and such, I find myself wondering . . . Is stealth worth it? On balance would it be more effective to build cheaper planes designed purely for performance, with shapes determined by what flies best rather than what minimizes radar detection?Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.com