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 Posted: May 02, 2012 - 06:35 PM
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SpudmanWP
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Posted: May 02, 2012 - 06:46 PM
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Posted: May 02, 2012 - 07:26 PM
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| The XFV-12 was a mess. It couldn't make enough thrust for vertical lift. F-35 haters do not know what they are talking about when they say the F-35B is crap. |
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Posted: May 04, 2012 - 03:25 AM
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I can think of a number of reasons for push-back against the F-35:
- Various people that want their country's aircraft to be seen as better
- Gamers that inevitably prefer combat vehicles with maximized individual capabilities regardless of cost
- Anti-military types that will look for any excuse to shoot down a program
- certain special interests that are invested in alternatives to F-35
- individuals who are personally offended by multi-role aircraft and/or design compromises |
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Posted: May 04, 2012 - 04:10 AM
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| Just don't listen to the media they are biased against the f-35. |
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Posted: May 04, 2012 - 04:22 AM
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Posted: May 08, 2012 - 08:20 PM
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SpudmanWP
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Posted: May 08, 2012 - 08:34 PM
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| No it did not. The Yak-141 had two additional jet engines (RKBM RD-41 turbofans) in place of where the F-35B's shaft-driven lift fan is located. |
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Posted: May 08, 2012 - 08:37 PM
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count_to_10 wrote:
I can think of a number of reasons for push-back against the F-35:
- Various people that want their country's aircraft to be seen as better
- Gamers that inevitably prefer combat vehicles with maximized individual capabilities regardless of cost
- Anti-military types that will look for any excuse to shoot down a program
- certain special interests that are invested in alternatives to F-35
- individuals who are personally offended by multi-role aircraft and/or design compromises
My god...you hit the nail on the head  . |
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SpudmanWP
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Posted: May 08, 2012 - 09:19 PM
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count_to_10 wrote:
I can think of a number of reasons for push-back against the F-35:
- Various people that want their country's aircraft to be seen as better
- Gamers that inevitably prefer combat vehicles with maximized individual capabilities regardless of cost
- Anti-military types that will look for any excuse to shoot down a program
- certain special interests that are invested in alternatives to F-35
- individuals who are personally offended by multi-role aircraft and/or design compromises
Some more:
- People who view military equipment primarily not as a way of defending one's country, but as a way to provide economic stimulus to one's country.
- People who are "target fixated" on one aspect of the F-35 and do not look at the system as a whole.
- People who fail to realize that the high Total Lifetime cost ($1.5 trillion) is in THEN YEAR dollars covering around 55 years of use.
- People who fail to realize that the F-35 replaces several 4th gen aircraft types (F-16, A-10, AV-8B, A-6, F-18C/D/E/F, F-15, F-4, F-111, AMX, Tornado, etc) and augments the F-22. |
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count_to_10
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Posted: May 08, 2012 - 11:35 PM
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| I don't know, Spud. Those sound more like means than motivations. |
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