I didn't think for one minute that you were rubbishing AESAs. I was attempting to add some meat to the 'larger aperture equals better gain and better angular resolution' assertion from your earlier post.
No hostile intent, my apologies if you considered my post as such.
We were naive in extremis if we thought the C had been designed for F35. I think we only need to look at the timeline that the C was introduced into service and what other confined space airframe was being developed at the time to find the real driver behind clipped fins and wings.
Last edited by LOAgent; 10th Oct 2011 at 15:45.
Reason: unintended potentially inflammatory language!