Originally Posted by
LowObservable
Personally I have never been too sure where the line lies between "LO" and "VLO", let alone "ELO", which I dislike because it gets "Mr Blue Sky" stuck in my head for an hour.
Agreed. Interestingly not too long ago (maybe still) it was considered classified to use the term ELO to describe a platform even though there was no open source definition of that term.
I think LMT and other JSF fans like to give the impression that the F-35 is exactly like the F-22, which it most probably is not. (Exhausts for instance, not to mention the lumpy Rosie-O'Donnell-in-yoga-pants lower-aft view.) And neither is going to be like a flying wing with nary a single part that it smaller than a VHF wavelength.
You are correct. The F-35 all-aspect numbers are not as good as the F-22.