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Not all of the F-35’s planned weaponry will be carried in its internal bays.

1 posted on 07/13/2016 9:52:36 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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As I understand it, the external hard points and ordnance render the airplane no longer stealthy which kind of defeats the purpose of a stealth fighter.


2 posted on 07/13/2016 9:59:30 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: sukhoi-30mki
Bumped into one at the weekend.

UK F-35B

3 posted on 07/13/2016 10:01:58 AM PDT by moose07 (DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah. ...Ermentrude chewed on some more grass and watched....)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

This is the plane that won’t have a working gun for several more years, right?
(Can we please get a warplane that works, like the F-22?)


4 posted on 07/13/2016 10:06:11 AM PDT by Edward.Fish
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