F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

[glad rag]

Originally Posted by LowObservable

"Here's what an F-35 can do for you: long before two aeroplanes get close enough to see each other the F-35 is going to see that other aeroplane and kill it."

I thought that was what my Granny used to call "Beyond Visual Range".

And as I have remarked too many times, the stealth ideal of "one-way BVR" was hard enough to make real in the ATF days, before digital ESM, RCS reduction (counter-NCTR as much as delaying detection), IRST that worked, and networking.

Bull baffels brains as my old disips used to shout.....a lot