Posted on 02/05/2019 5:10:40 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
That’s a 3000lb LGB.
Beast mode- Also known as zero stealth. So it just becomes a slowish moonpig that cannot maneuver.
Btw- they keep calling it stealthy. It is orders of magnitude more visible than an F-117.
Wow-6 bombs, 2 sidewinders, 2 sparrows. That’s a real “bomb truck”.
Single engine too, be a shame if they lost one in flight.
The F-15X they’re rolling out should just be the main plane of the airforce. I know it doesn’t mean navy requirements, but they could save a lot of money and use a proven airframe.
Projections like these are simple accounting mechanisms and you could cite the B52, U2, or Mick Jagger/RGB as examples of retrofits and longevity!
This was typed in paragraph form and some how ended up all mashed together.
Another gift of the reliable and consistent computing world. Random errors.
Correct....got it confused w/84...
Should’ve known better,I’ve transported snuff of em
This adds 10 “small” carriers to the fleet. Each capable of carrying 12-20 F-35B.
And they’re STILL bigger than any non-US carrier afloat except the British.
That said, there is no plan to employ them in that configuration. They will remain Amphibious Assault Ships with the principal mission of deploying a Battalion Landing Team and supporting it for 30 days unassisted.
In that configuration they would carry but 6 F-35s, augmented by up to 40 helos, both attack and transport.
The only fair comparison is with the AV-8B.
The LHDs & LHAs are twice the displacement and 200 ft longer than the British toys, only thing comparable is the Canberra from down under. And whoever asked about burning holes in the deck, that would be NO! Everybody got new high tech nonskid and paint jobs that last over 5 yrs.
The new British Queen Elizabeth Class are 65,000 tons.
Second largest carriers in the world.
The initial ones only last 2,100.
Aircraft carriers are one piece of a carrier group. They will be around for another 50 years or so as they incorporate UAVS into the group.
You have to be stark raving mad to take on a carrier group.
I work more than that.
And I will do it for $20 billion.
The short service life is for the earliest units from the F-35 production run. Since the F-35 was put into service even as testing and development were still underway, improvements were incorporated on a rolling basis. To a degree, modifications may be retrofitted so as to improve the service life of the earliest units.
“You have to be stark raving mad to take on a carrier group.”
An adversary might be able to sink one.
But they will have crossed the Rubicon of nuclear war if they do.
And they know it.
No, they won't, because all their sensors were destroyed in the first couple days. That's what the excerpt says.
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