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Forum: Military Aviation

5th Aug 2015, 12:47

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Significance of the "Leaked" F-35 vs. F-16 Report ?

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Posted By LowObservable

Sharing passive data among multiple aircraft, to...

Sharing passive data among multiple aircraft, to a level of accuracy that allows targeting and missile launch, has been done and is (AFAIK) operational.

And just to underscore the invalidity of...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Aug 2015, 21:59

Replies: 93

Significance of the "Leaked" F-35 vs. F-16 Report ?

Views: 14,412

Posted By LowObservable

Can MIDS/Link 16 (which operates at the bottom...

Can MIDS/Link 16 (which operates at the bottom end of the L band) provide the bandwidth required for a Gen 5 fight?

I have checked with multiple sources and can provide accurate and succinct...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Aug 2015, 12:22

Replies: 93

Significance of the "Leaked" F-35 vs. F-16 Report ?

Views: 14,412

Posted By LowObservable

Your use of metaphor is creative. Have you...

Your use of metaphor is creative. Have you considered taking a poetry-writing class? (Ha! GR posted the above just as I was writing this.)

I prefer the classic breakdown of survivability into...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Aug 2015, 20:33

Replies: 93

Significance of the "Leaked" F-35 vs. F-16 Report ?

Views: 14,412

Posted By LowObservable

Ken You are a troll. A quite sophisticated...

Ken

You are a troll. A quite sophisticated one, but a troll nonetheless.

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Aug 2015, 19:25

Replies: 93

Significance of the "Leaked" F-35 vs. F-16 Report ?

Views: 14,412

Posted By LowObservable

Ken - Nobody else here confuses "cost" or...

Ken - Nobody else here confuses "cost" or "operating cost" with price. Because the words have quite different meanings in the English language.

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Aug 2015, 17:18

Replies: 93

Significance of the "Leaked" F-35 vs. F-16 Report ?

Views: 14,412

Posted By LowObservable

Carbon nanotube polymer composites? ...

Carbon nanotube polymer composites?

According to a blog somewhere (the only source)...

According to some reports, wing area is double of Gripen C’s, fuselage is 20% longer, but it is made out...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Aug 2015, 16:39

Replies: 93

Significance of the "Leaked" F-35 vs. F-16 Report ?

Views: 14,412

Posted By LowObservable

You could say that it's a matter of focusing as...

You could say that it's a matter of focusing as much attention on how you design the system, and you you will produced it, as on what you're designing.

In both engineering and production, getting...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Aug 2015, 15:41

Replies: 93

Significance of the "Leaked" F-35 vs. F-16 Report ?

Views: 14,412

Posted By LowObservable

Ken - The quote you cite about increased costs is...

Ken - The quote you cite about increased costs is found nowhere in your link, which is a Swedish media source citing a Swiss TV station in a campaign that was rife with disinformation. Your quote is...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Aug 2015, 14:12

Replies: 93

Significance of the "Leaked" F-35 vs. F-16 Report ?

Views: 14,412

Posted By LowObservable

And (predictably) the cost (acquisition and...

And (predictably) the cost (acquisition and support) of Gripen NG is MUCH higher than the cost of early Gripen.

Not according to Saab or the Swedish air force, who have consistently stated that...

Forum: Military Aviation

31st Jul 2015, 23:30

Replies: 93

Significance of the "Leaked" F-35 vs. F-16 Report ?

Views: 14,412

Posted By LowObservable

Goodonya mate. It's your choice. PS, who...

Goodonya mate. It's your choice.

PS, who was right back in 09 or whatever, when LM and the JPO and the rest said that the project was abso-diddley-utely on schedule and cost?

Forum: Military Aviation

31st Jul 2015, 21:06

Replies: 93

Significance of the "Leaked" F-35 vs. F-16 Report ?

Views: 14,412

Posted By LowObservable

Asserting that concern over apparently inferior...

Asserting that concern over apparently inferior energy maneuverability is old hat is just that - assertion. It's a pretty radical claim, and can't be made real with verbiage about iPhones and...

Forum: Military Aviation

31st Jul 2015, 12:19

Replies: 93

Significance of the "Leaked" F-35 vs. F-16 Report ?

Views: 14,412

Posted By LowObservable

The recommendations are all well and good. They...

The recommendations are all well and good. They may alleviate the effects of the deficiency in energy maneuverability (by making some high-AoA maneuvers use less energy) but they do not reduce or...

Forum: Military Aviation

30th Jul 2015, 23:27

Replies: 93

Significance of the "Leaked" F-35 vs. F-16 Report ?

Views: 14,412

Posted By LowObservable

Oh my! (Am I infringing copyright?) Sorry,...

Oh my! (Am I infringing copyright?)

Sorry, Fons - you ask a simple question and get two citations, one of which rendered judgment without the inconvenience of reading the leaked report, and a pure...

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