Posted on 01/13/2021 8:11:42 AM PST by Onthebrink
In August 2020, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) announced that the second F-35I Adir squadron, the 116th Lions of the South based out Nevatim in the southern of the Middle Eastern nation, became operational six months after being formed. The squadron underwent an operational fitness inspection, during which its members were reportedly tested on various scenarios.
More of a Good Thing
Israel is now looking to add a third squadron of the domestically-modified Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. In early January, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz told the Ynet news that he hoped Israel could conclude a weapons deal before the Trump administration comes to an end.
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I don’t thing Israel will get anything else from the USSA
There is little doubt that if fighting were to occur between Iran and Isreal those stealthy F35s would be an important part of Isreal’s sestruction of Iran’s nuclear capabilities and the mullah regime. The Israelis have quietly secured landing rights in the United Arab Emirates.
Yet Israel is very concerned about its current superb, secret Mossad network within Iran. Mossad is expected to sabatoge, assasinate key personel and paint tergets in the event of war. The Isrealis fear that the CIA and the NSA using technology and their own agents have detailed information about that Mossad operation. How secure will it be once Biden and his ilk take full control of those agencies. It just might find its way to the mullahs.
Israel faces great danger from American Jews.
Israel needs to be able to fight the Biden US backed Iran—until things Change.
Domestically-modified Lockheed Martin F-35... probably a good thing because the US variant is a huge POS.
Nope. The F-22 can still see the F-35 from a greater range.
“The F-22 can still see the F-35 from a greater range.”
And a Ferrari is faster than a pickup truck. Apples and oranges.
Not really. The title of the thread is best stealth fighter. Both are fighters. One just happens to be a bomb truck they want to be a fighter too.
With the level of systems integration on the F-35, and literally miles of code that would need to be modified & tested, I certainly hope the Israelis are careful. This isn’t like tricking up an F-4.
The F-22 can still see the F-35 from a greater range.
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And a SU-35’s and Su-57’s R37M missile can take out both over 200 miles away
There is nothing a 35 can do that a 22 can’t do better. And often a 15 or 16 for that matter.
I’m not so sure that’s an operational missile that works.
As far as I know, Israel is the only country in the world given this access to F-35 systems. It's not a one off occurrence for Israel to have this highest level of systems integration. The previously did similar upgrades to the F-15E and F-16. Some of the Israeli tech fed back to the US is the conformational fuel tanks that greatly extended the range of the Strike Eagle.
How's that work? Just fire R37M missiles randomly in the hopes there will be an F-22 somewhere in its path?
Modern air warfare is 95% avionics. Russian avionics have never been good. China's been stealing a lot of technology, but they'll get it half working. Only time I'd be concerned is if we were trying to actually invade deep into Russian territory where the low-frequency radar stations can actually track our stuff. Otherwise, you can't hit what you can't see.
How do I get one of those goodies?
Yeah they tested it out to some ridiculous range like 389KM and hit targets - in production they say - Still their midrange R7 out ranges the AIM series
How’s that work?
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Hint: Russians have really good radars and really nice AWACS planes to track and find incoming.
The only Russian radar that can track an F-22 from effective range are their low frequency ground stations. So unless we’re invading Russia, they’re in trouble.
The F-22 remains the world’s premier air dominance aircraft. When the F-22s are flying, everything else is just a target.
The biggest issue with the F-35 is it’s software. It’s been nothing but a mess and for years they threw money at the ALIS SW and finally replaced it with ODIN. All together over 25 million lines of code for the OFP.
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