F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

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Japan reverses course on F-35, will continue assembly at home

Tokyo looks to reverse that decision after Mitsubishi Heavy revamped its assembly process to reduce costs.

Finishing one F-35 in Japan is now expected to cost 9.37 billion yen ($86.3 million), compared with 9.42 billion yen to ship the plane from the U.S., according to Japan's Defense Ministry. The cabinet is expected to approve the domestic production plan soon.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Ae...course-on-F-35-will-continue-assembly-at-home
 
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F-35 Cueing Artillery To Take Out Air Defense Site During Test Is A Glimpse Of The Future

With new faster, longer-range weapons, artillery units will provide tactical aircraft an unlimited magazine for which to kick down the enemy's door.



U.S. Army ground artillery units recently conducted a test in which they destroyed a mock air defense system based on targeting information from a U.S. Air Force F-35A Joint Strike Fighter. The tactic allowed the joint force to destroy a mock threat while allowing the F-35 to remain in its most stealthy mode and not reveal itself by engaging it directly. This is a concept of operations that could be extremely valuable for U.S. forces in a future large-scale conflict against an opponent with dense integrated air defense network and one that could easily expand to include other assets, including unmanned aircraft and new, longer-range artillery and tactical missile systems.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...e-site-during-test-is-a-glimpse-of-the-future
 

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Do you understand the conditions under which the planes were given to Pakistan?
Jai shankar , he said, "around the time of 9/11 we had a dictatorship towards the east of India and a dictatorship towards the west of India. The dictatorship towards the east of India was Myanmar which had sanctions by the US and Europe while dictatorship towards the west of India was Pakistan under General Musharraf who was hailed as the ally of the west.
Dual standards.

Under these conditions F-16 were given.
 

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South Korean air force declares IOC for its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters

South Korea has so far received 13 of the 40 F-35As its plans to acquire by 2021 as part of a KRW7.3 trillion (USD6.3 billion) deal approved in September 2014.

The RoKAF is expected to receive 13 more platforms in 2020, with another 14 set to be handed over the following year. Seoul is also set to exercise an option to buy 20 more units from 2021.


https://www.janes.com/article/93233...clares-ioc-for-its-f-35-joint-strike-fighters
 

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South Korean air force declares IOC for its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters

South Korea has so far received 13 of the 40 F-35As its plans to acquire by 2021 as part of a KRW7.3 trillion (USD6.3 billion) deal approved in September 2014.

The RoKAF is expected to receive 13 more platforms in 2020, with another 14 set to be handed over the following year. Seoul is also set to exercise an option to buy 20 more units from 2021.


https://www.janes.com/article/93233...clares-ioc-for-its-f-35-joint-strike-fighters
South Korea can buy f35 so why they are developing kai-fx
 

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F-35 CAN IDENTIFY AND DESTROY CRUISE MISSILES - LOCKHEED MARTIN

Gary North, vice president for customer requirements and aeronautics, told reporters that the AN/APG-81 AESA radar allows the advanced jet to identify and intercept airborne threats flying at a low altitude and at high speeds, like cruise missiles.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.jpos...oy-cruise-missiles-Lockheed-Martin-611214/amp
The swiss trials in the alps show some difficulties for the F35 radar to track tagets in a mountain environment.
 

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