[DJ Taylor]

The Designer Of The F-16 Explains Just How Stupid The F-35 Is.

Pretty alarming interview from a guy who certainly sounds like he knows what he is talking about.

http://digg.com/video/the-designer-of-the-f-15-explains-just-how-inanely-stupid-the-f-35-is

[ClaytonP]

Thanks for that link.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Thanks !!!!


I expected some mild "quasi-technical" MSM infobabe interview ... with lots of ridiculous questions ...


Instead ... a "genuine" air combat expert "devastates" the F35 ... mismatched for every one of it's six or seven mission profiles ...


and guaranteed to "kill" U.S. pilots by the hundreds.




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[Kenny Bunk]

Great link, DJ. Was very uneasy with the F 22/F 35 rationale. I was always unimpressed by stealth. This "seagull X-section" stuff is hogwash. Totally mystified by what's supposed to come after the F 15, F 18, F-16, A-10, especially since the new stuff doesn't look all that much of a leap forward.

It's OK for me to mystified, because that does not cost a lot of money. What ain't OK, if Pierre is to be believed, is that those whom the whimsical gods hath placed above us in the food chain are also mystified to the tune of many many billions..

[gura]

A friend said the F-35 was a “grape”. You squeeze it twice and it’s all out of juice. The F-105 was a better strike fighter.