On Sep 19, 12:59Â am, Airyx
attbi.com> wrote:> On Sep 17, 6:25Â pm, true.blue.bl...@
gmail.com wrote:
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>> Airyx wrote:
>>> On Sep 17, 9:01 am, true.blue.bl...@
gmail.com wrote:
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>>>> Is that a serious question?
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>>> Well, over the years, F-14s, F-15s, F-16s, and F-18's have all been
>>> criticized for being over-priced and under effective relative to their
>>> Russian counterparts.
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>>> Yet, they've racked up a A-A kill ratio of something like 150-1.
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>> You have two choices:
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>> Â - 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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>> Â - assess the aircraft based on some anecdotes about the uses that
>> F14s, F15ss, F16s, and F18s were put to and the substandard airforces
>> they came up against.
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>> Please tell me which of the above should be part of our procurement
>> process.
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> First, there are a grand total of seven Su-35's on the planet, and
> only three of them are in flying condition.
Secondly, only two F-35s exist on the planet. Both of them use
different parts.
Neither can fly at the moment.
> Four have been
> cannibalized to get the other three flying. The three flyable
> examples, are unarmed air-show demonstrators, and would require a
> couple of months worth of work to make them combat ready.
From what I have seen to date, the F-35 MIGHT be 'combat ready' in
another 10 years, and only if it is coming up head to head with
tourists in Cessnas.
Any of the current 4.5 fighters will wipe the F-35 from the sky.
"Oh but it's stealthy, it will kill you from a distance". Hint.
The USSA is not the only country with missiles or RADAR.
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> If you want to compare something, compare the F-35 to an aircraft that
> it might actually encounter, like the Su-30Mk.
No such animal. Do you mean the Su-30 MKK, Su-30 MKN or the Su-30
MKI?
No real matter, as either version of the new and improved Su-27 will
give an
F-35 a 'flogging'.
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> I'm not sure where you got your information about the performance of
> an F-35, but flight testing so far has shown that it will have no
> problem doing what it needs to do in any future combat environment.
Hide? It had better.
Mark Addinall.
