China is definitely the numero uno threat. But Russian IADS is even more dense and advance than the Chinese one. NGAD is designed to penetrate the most modern IADS(just like Raptor was), that includes both the Russians and the Chinese.
You will find that he can't be reasoned with. He's pro Russia/france and just hates the F-35. Probably because he is green with envy.
F-35 is design to penetrate Russia's IADS.
That was in 2014 Sweetie. Now even the current US Think-Tanks know that to defeat Chinese A2/AD 100s of B-21s are needed as Fatty won't cut it:F-35 is design to penetrate Russia's IADS.
Might wanna do some reading
Gen. Mike Hostage On The F-35; No Growlers Needed When War Starts - Breaking Defense
For years, the news about the most expensive conventional weapons system in US history, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, has been driven by its soaring costs, technical problems and schedule screw-ups. The government and Congress and the public rarely speak about what the F-35 will do, how...breakingdefense.com
Wow, some people are really touchy when it comes to defending F-35You really are full of yourself. We're talking about a specific platforms capability to penetrate advanced IADS you dope not the opinion of a bloody "think tank" what they think the outcome of a made up war.
Wow, some people are really touchy when it comes to defending F-35
So, you want me to believe Gen. Hostage's viewpoint regarding the F-35 which he gave in 2014, but reject retired USAF veteran Gunzinger's viewpoint which he has given in light of the current circumstances, lol.
Even in the Hostage report, a senior Pentagon officer clearly contradicted him and said that F-35 doesn't replace Growler but complements it.
Facts check Sweetie, this ain't 2014 anymore. The world has moved on. Do you think Chinese A2/AD capabilities as of today are same what it was in 2014? Nope.
Chinese have inducted huge ground based IRST sensors which can detect and track Stealth aircraft from far. Their ground based radars are extremely powerful yet mobile. You need endurance to penetrate and destroy them in Chinese Hinterland, which unfortunately both F-22 and F-35 can't do. You need B-21 and NGAD to defeat China. Period.
I suggest you first read the report posted by me then open your mouth. Arent't you the same guy who was mocking @randomradio when he posted this 2014 Hostage article? And now you're doing the same. Dat hypocrisy, lol.
You are right.
USA is doing all the possible to postpone Meteor integration... until AIM260.
I don't care whether Growlers are more effective or F-35s. The fact of the matter is, what I said is backed by an ex USAF officer and Think-Tank that to break Chinese A2/AD in future, America needs over 200 B-21s and NGAD(my opinion) because they have the required endurance to hit deep inside China. F-35 won't suffice in that scenario.
'If you listen to the Fighter Pilot podcast on EA, episode 83, then you get an idea of some of the limitations of the Growler operating with the SH will have. If you doubt the effectiveness of the F-35 against radars have a read of the following, http://www.scienpress.com/Upload/JCM/Vol 4_1_9.pdf which shows that even with a worst case modelling the F-35 stealth features significantly reduce detection by early warning radars as well as those higher band targeting radars.
As SmithBS indicated both F-35 and SH/Growler would benefit from adversary airfields and VHF radars being targeted by cruise missiles etc. F-35 EA as stated by DigitalSea is going to be very effective given its low RCS and therefore low jamming power required to deceive threats.
Any IADS penetration is all about limiting how far along the kill chain, F2T2EA (which is Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, Assess) you get. The F-35 would likely spend a lot more time in the Find and Fix phases while a SH/Growler is going to be detected earlier and therefore spend a lot more time trying to defeat the Track/Target phase of the cycle via EA. The last thing either platform wants is to enter Engage Assess and have to defeat a weapon that is launched against it as in that case you have become defensive and lost the initiative. In the case of the SH it will probably drop its A2G weapons/fuel tanks to defeat the threat, meaning a mission kill for the adversary. Not sure what the tactics for an F-35 would be but I expect with internal weapons they would likely retain them when trying to defeat a threat.'
Growlers once they jam they become a sort of beacon which will notify the enemy "they are here" this is why F-35's will not have Growlers when penetrating advanced IADS. F-35's more than likely will get detected, not tracked, when they are in weapons range and that is when F-35's will turn on their EW and it is game over for the targeted IADS especially when carrying JSOW.
Pakistan is THE existential threat not China . China's merely capitalising on the situation. Now check on how the 5i's perceive Pakistan . UK's actually pushing Pakistan's case in Washington trying to rehabilitate it .Pakistan is becoming just another chinese puppet. the real threat is China.
A Threshold Alliance: The China-Pakistan Military Relationship
Geopolitical shifts in South Asia over the past decade, driven by sharper US-China competition, a precipitous decline in China-India relations, and the 2021 withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, have pushed the Chinese and Pakistani militaries closer together. The countries’ armies and...www.usip.org
No. There were no strings.
Don't European f-35's have meteors already. I thought the Italians were already using the meteor on f-35
No, integration is 2027.
Salaries and PPP make China and USA a lot closer.
