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This was being tested by Lockheed Martin before delivery to Italy. Given the fact it is mostly alright due to the circuits being shutdown after bailing out, killing power to the engines and the airframe was safe. Most likely it will head to LM's facility down the road and get patched up for...

IIRC they fixed the issue partially with a thermal coating from Lot 8 F 35s. It's also never reappeared despite repeated attempts to recreate it. https://www.defensenews.com/air/2019/06/12/supersonic-speeds-could-cause-big-problems-for-the-f-35s-stealth-coating/ Conclusion : Don't fly the F...

The BrahMos has been shown capable of being extremely maneuverable. It has performed the S maneuver repeatedly at the terminal stage. 1. BrahMos can skim at 3-4 m above sea level which most AsHM cannot (around 10 m) 2. BrahMos has a ramjet engine with side vanes. The 40 G is a very...

There are two types of missiles. A flasher and a dancer. BrahMos is a combination of both. This is why the pK in the case of interception of BrahMos is very low for the target.

Nonsense! BrahMos can adjust it's altitude to around 3-5 m above sea level. This puts right below the FoV of most radar systems. These aircraft drones are rated at 11 - 13 G max structural integrity. Your BrahMos missile is rated at atleast 40 G+ at terminal maneuver. Your SM series except...

You might want to go through these. https://defencyclopedia.com/2014/10/18/how-to-shoot-down-anti-ship-missiles-part-1-introduction/ https://defencyclopedia.com/2014/12/11/how-to-shoot-down-anti-ship-missiles-part-2-detection-using-radars/...

The report is unreliable and biased. It paints problems with the 35B as those belonging to the 35A is well which is not the case.

The document circa 2018 states the following : Note that the issue doesn't speak of this being a repeatedly occurring, fleet wide issue. This is as per the program manager : This means that the chance of this occurring is miniscule (seen to occur at 50000 ft ; repeated attempts to recreate...

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There is no proof as to the continued restrictions. The latest news from the Project Manager is that the thermal coating solved the issue for now and further test flights could not recreate the scenario.

The official document is from 2011.

Usury is why US was big after WW2. The thing with US is that you can negotiate. China believes in no negotiations. RCEP is a good example of their approach.

@asianobserve @Wisemarko Trump is making the whole China centric world order turn on its head towards US. Last time you had a leader fight this string against a near peer enemy was Reagan.

The report was from 2011. LRIP-8 was from 2014 onwards. Issue seems to be resolved now. 3rd time I am repeating this.

It's simple common sense and numbers.................................

The report quoted in the article was from 2011. These were earlier issues.

That was as of 2011. The Program Manager mentioned only the Lot 8 thermal coating. Thus the restrictions have been either removed or watered down considerably.

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The scenario was attempted to be replicated but ended but with nothing. The Lot 8 thermal coating must have done the trick AFAIK.

Seems like the problem is solved! The B and C models haven't faced similar issues since the thermal coating in Lot 8 was applied. https://www.defensenews.com/air/2019/06/12/supersonic-speeds-could-cause-big-problems-for-the-f-35s-stealth-coating/