F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

[porky_kicker]

If Its Matter And We Affectedly managed Pakistan for 60 yrs

How Did Pakistan Image in World Today ???

Look there Credibility ???

Isn't They Lost Every War they fought

Isn't We Cut There Size into Half Since 1947

More India Grow Economically More Pakistan Will Degrade

Lost with half of Kashmir ?

A winner is somebody who leaves no opponent standing , importantly destroys capability of opponent to stand ever.

Nationalism is very good , but retrospective nationalism is even better and safer .

You are right and I am right , because we see through different perspectives.

 

[WARREN SS]

Lost with half of Kashmir ?

Not indian army

A winner is somebody who leaves no opponent standing , importantly destroys capability of opponent to stand ever.

Not the open-ant has power To Do heavy damage And Which you avoid Using alternatives

only When the All Chips are down we Should go for final below

 

[BON PLAN]

Turkey is a shithole, India's relation far surpasses that of Turkey lately.

Absolutely not.
Turkey is a key in the south east part of NATO.

 

[BON PLAN]

France is a reliable partner and while I am sure 36 more Rafale will come I don't think it is a given the MRCA-2 will go to Rafale. In India, it is not over till it is really a done deal.

For all we know MRCA-2 could be cancelled for more LCA mk-2.

MMRCA2 need a western plane (not to put all the eggs in the russain basket).
Tejas Mk2 is a paper plane so far. And the Tejas history is not bright enough to give confidence to IAF and political brass.

 

[BON PLAN]

Turkey hasn't much to offer to the US.

The Irciclik air base for exemple. Very important for NATO and USA for air strike in the middle east.

 

[IndianHawk]

MMRCA2 need a western plane (not to put all the eggs in the russain basket).
Tejas Mk2 is a paper plane so far. And the Tejas history is not bright enough to give confidence to IAF and political brass.

Iaf is on record for 200 mwf. And political brass has given funds for Ada to issue tender for prototype. Navy lca mk2 prototype will be ready by 2020 followed by air force mwf shortly after .

India will probably buy 72 more rafale . There is no money for 114 rafale.

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[IndianHawk]

Lost with half of Kashmir ?

A winner is somebody who leaves no opponent standing , importantly destroys capability of opponent to stand ever.

Nationalism is very good , but retrospective nationalism is even better and safer .

You are right and I am right , because we see through different perspectives.

Pakistan was a problem hence we broke it into two parts. After 71 it behaved for a while so we became complacent. After 89 it started using terrorism and became a problem again which we will solve .
Frankly if Pakistan didn't use terrorism after 1989 we wouldn't really bother much with the failed state.

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[StealthFlanker]

F-35 getting hypersonic weapon

 

[Immanuel]

The Irciclik air base for exemple. Very important for NATO and USA for air strike in the middle east.

Well one air base there, if things get worse, expect the US to leave there, they have N- number of other bases around the world.

 

[asianobserve]

F-35 getting hypersonic weapon

New Lockheed Concept Shows Navy F-35C Armed With Hypersonic Cruise Missiles

As its name suggests, HAWC is an air-breathing weapon that flies at hypersonic speed, which is typically defined as anything above Mach 5. The Air Force and DARPA have said that missile will use a rocket booster to accelerate to at least that speed, after which a high-speed scramjet engine will kick in and ensure it maintains a speed between Mach 5 and 10.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...ernally-armed-with-hypersonic-cruise-missiles

 

[BON PLAN]

Well one air base there, if things get worse, expect the US to leave there, they have N- number of other bases around the world.

A base in the pacific or Alaska is of a poor use in the Middle East.

 

[Armand2REP]

I thought the whole point of stealth was to keep their payloads in the internal bays. This looks like it defeats the purpose.

 

[asianobserve]

I thought the whole point of stealth was to keep their payloads in the internal bays. This looks like it defeats the purpose.

That's a stand off weapon. The lunching aircraft does not need stealth. In fact, it is designed also to be carried by SH.

Also, the F-35C strike package can be a combination of clean and those with external store.

 

[Armand2REP]

That's a stand off weapon. The lunching aircraft does not need stealth. In fact, it is designed also to be carried by SH.

Also, the F-35C strike package can be a combination of clean and those with external store.

Or they could just launch it from a Super Hornet, or an F-15, or an F-16. It makes the case for the F-35 even weaker if this is becoming the new method of strike.

 

[asianobserve]

Or they could just launch it from a Super Hornet, or an F-15, or an F-16. It makes the case for the F-35 even weaker if this is becoming the new method of strike.

Even with those 2 external stores an F-35C will still have a lower radar profile than a SH. So it can go closer tovthe target than a SH.

 

[asianobserve]

USAF F-35As Will Get Navy's New Air Defense Busting Missile Amid Talk Of Anti-Ship Variants

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...sting-missile-amid-talk-of-anti-ship-variants

 

[Armand2REP]

USAF F-35As Will Get Navy's New Air Defense Busting Missile Amid Talk Of Anti-Ship Variants

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...sting-missile-amid-talk-of-anti-ship-variants

If it is using MMW radar to engage its target then it will have no idea if it is hitting the actual radar or a truck sitting next to it. It would be better off using an image recognition system like the AASM uses to discern targets.

 

[asianobserve]

If it is using MMW radar to engage its target then it will have no idea if it is hitting the actual radar or a truck sitting next to it. It would be better off using an image recognition system like the AASM uses to discern targets.

MMW is just for terminal guidance long after the target has been identified and tagged. So even if the radar stops emitting or is moved to a different location the MMW will guide AARGM to its target. It has threat library so identifying targets will not be a problem.

AARGM is networked so it can lunched even before tarhet is locked. Also, it has INS navigation so even in GPS denied environments it can navigate to its target.

I'm sure if in the future France is engaged in war with an enemy with formidable AD system it will buy AARGM.

 

[Armand2REP]

MMW is just for terminal guidance long after the target has been identified and tagged. So even if the radar stops emitting or is moved to a different location the MMW will guide AARGM to its target.

AARGM is networked so it can lunched even before tarhet is locked. Also, it has INS navigation so even in GPS denied environments it can navigate to its target.

I'm sure if in the future France is engaged in war with an enemy with formidable AD system it will buy AARGM.

The identification only tells you the general location of the target. The terminal guidance is what discerns between objects in the target area. An MMW cannot tell the difference between a truck or a radar mounted on another truck. As there are several trucks in a SAM battery, it will not know what to target.

France no longer has need of anti-radiation missiles as they are useless against enemies that turn their radars off, We use either AASM or Scalp that has an imaging seeker that discerns targets from an extensive database and recognition software. Finding the identification of radars is done by Spectra or a satellite constellation made for mapping enemy air defences.

 

[StealthFlanker]

I thought the whole point of stealth was to keep their payloads in the internal bays. This looks like it defeats the purpose.

a hypersonic missile likely can fly 1000-1200 km, at that distance, stealth is not very necessary.

Or they could just launch it from a Super Hornet, or an F-15, or an F-16. It makes the case for the F-35 even weaker if this is becoming the new method of strike.

Neither F-15 or F-16 can take off from carrier
also after launch, F-35 can probably ditch the pylon and become stealthy against