Originally Posted by
gums
Salute!
I guess the anti-35 folks will keep on pounding on. You know, the thing can go further and deliver four big bombs within 3 meters of a target without being seen, then come home and do it again.....
At least my post (and as I understood it the post after mine) didn't really contradict the power of this platform for IDS or even DCA missions. I was more commenting that in that config and for that mission the undeniable advantages of the F-35 aren't really exploited and at the same time in exactly that use it may even be a bit more vulnerable than simpler platforms. Your trusty F-16 wouldn't have had sigificant disadvantages in that mission/config (unlike in some other uses).