Posted on 07/03/2015 8:55:41 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
It must have been a pretty effective test since they never fielded that capability.
And right now it can’t even fire its guns. The software for multiple systems is not even completed yet. Not slated to be for several years.
This leaked report to anti military media was BS from the start. It was a setup stress test where F35 1) didn’t have top flight avionics and radar suite for BVR kils 2) didnt have stealth coating.
The F16 was put inside the F35 envelope purposefully. Otherwise, it dies.
http://www.janes.com/article/52715/jpo-counters-media-report-that-f-35-cannot-dogfight
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