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Old 14th Mar 2013, 23:53
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NITRO104
 
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Against my better judgement...
JSFfan, when US came with the idea of stealthy F15 (ATF), European nations acknowledged that, pointed to Lampyridae and said "No, thank you." and went for the Eurofighter, but with the same level of threat in scope.
So you see, European constructors consciously turned down the "benefits" of the stealth and with a good reason as it turned out, considering histories of US' stealth programs, in spite of what you think, or believe.
Now, the JSF is having a tough time, in great part due the stealth and we'll see how the program plays out, but it doesn't look overly good so far (budget and time cap, crisis management, etc.).
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