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    F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

    Sour grapes. I think this website has some Turkish connections. The Turks are mad because they have been shut out of the F-35 program after they bought the S-400.
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    F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

    There is a massive difference between Libyan AD and PLAAF/PLA AD. It is possible to go up against Libya without a dedicated SEAD/DEAD operation, but would you go up against China without one? As far as India's Rafale buy is concerned, it is because of the wariness that still exists in the...
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    F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

    OK, to compare like to like, it is 1986 for the Rafale technical demonstrator vs 2001 for the X-35. And then 1991 for the first Rafale prototype vs 2006 for the first F-35. Both flights respectively are still 15 years after the Rafale. And of course the F-35 will sell more than the Rafale. Also...
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    F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

    Yep, more than 500 produced to date vs 200 for the Rafale even though the F-35 first flew in 2006, 20 years after the Rafale's first flight in 1986.
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    F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

    AIM-260 is a separate AAM from the LREW, the former is developed by Lockheed Martin and the latter by Raytheon. Being a stealth fighter with a formidable defensive/offensive EW suite, the F-35 can get much closer to the target than a 4th Gen aircraft and so does not need a long range AAM as...
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    F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

    My educated guess is that most of that power is directed and available for it's radar and EW systems. For example from the f35.com website: While the actual jamming power of the BAE ASQ-239 EW suite is unknown, the fact that a single F-35 is a more potent jammer than dedicated legacy EW...
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    F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

    A walkaround by the first USAF F-35 demo team female pilot And here she is in action.
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