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Group: aus.aviation · Group Profile
Author: true.blue.blueytrue.blue.bluey Date: Sep 18, 2008 04:30
Paul Saccani wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:25:57 -0700 (PDT), true.blue.bluey@ gmail.com
> wrote: >> - assess the aircraft based on its inherent capabilities and cost:
>>the F35 is a dog, and the Su35 eats it for breakfast. We could buy 3
>>Su35s for the price of 1 F35.
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> The reality is that the F35 would eat the Su35 *before* breakfast.
> The Su-35 has breakfast in close, but the F35 gets it BVR.
The stealthy, but virtually unarmed, F35 can detect all it likes, the
fact is the Su35 can rip it to shreds and has done so in simulations.
If you're relying on superior detection systems to assist an inferior
plane beat a superior one - why not buy the superior plane in the
first place, especially as it costs only a fraction of the price of
the utterly incapable F35.
> Neither of your suggested models are based in fact. You seem to put
> undue weight on the dog fighting value of the F35, and ignore the
> reality of its capability to destroy, say, a Su-35 *before* the Su-35
> is able to detect it.
Whose Su35 would that be? Because if its *ours*, it will be perfectly
capable of detecting all it needs to detect.
And how does detecting something help in any way a plane that carries
virtually no weapons, is underpowered, and can barely maneuver?
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