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Old 25th May 2022, 15:45
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ORAC
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So full of holes it’s confetti.

His basic argument is that the F-35 lost because it wasn’t equipped with a helmet mounted sight and off-bore sight missiles.

But that’s not an argument that makes the F-35 a good dogfighter, it’s an argument it doesn’t need to be.

The main flaw in that argument is what happens when you end up in a turning fight and run out of missiles - in which case the F-35 can’t outturn the enemy, and it’s transonic acceleration is so slow it can’t extend and outrun the enemy to get out of the fight.

The stealth argument is also hollow, once in the dogfight the missiles are going to be IR or multimode - and the range such even a radar missile should get a lock.

Not sy8ng the original verdict was correct - but the arguments made here do nothing to prove it wrong.
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