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Group: aus.aviation · Group Profile
Author: David E. PowellDavid E. Powell Date: Sep 19, 2008 11:50
On Sep 18, 7:30В am, true.blue.bl...@ gmail.com wrote: > Paul Saccani wrote:
>> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:25:57 -0700 (PDT), true.blue.bl...@ 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.
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> 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.
I'd like to know the data on the close fighting data. F-35 will have
vectoring, I am guessing? (I know Su-35 is sweet in close, I am not
doubting that. But I haven't seen this data.)
If the "virtually unarmed" F-35 can go undetected and detect the Su-35
before the Su-35 knows it is there, it only needs one missile fired
from the internal bays to win the fight. The Su-35 can have a bunch of
missiles on her wings, but if she gets hit by suprise she may go down
without firing them.
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