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To: Spirochete
"In my opinion, the JSF is not [a fighter], it’s a bomb truck," not well-suited to the aerial dogfighting role, Kemp said in an interview at the air show. "
Maybe, maybe not, but, at least, if the F-35 strikes first, there will be no need for a dogfight.
3 posted on 07/20/2008 11:21:20 AM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: Prophet in the wilderness; patton

Although Lanchester’s Laws can’t be applied without modification, you can’t count on not entering a dogfight...and that’s not just based on RoE restrictions.


6 posted on 07/20/2008 11:25:34 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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