On May 27 2015 02:11 ahswtini wrote: isnt the f35 supposed to be capable of everything, stealth, air superiority and ground attack etc..
Yeah, sure. And they keep making new versions. Its the Ipod of high speed attack craft. New model all the time, but its not really clear why we need one.
Its because they don't actually have the f-35 working yet
We need it to maintain an edge against China/Russia in having the first fifth generation fighters.
yea it's called the f22 that thing outmaneuvers and blows everything else out of the sky even though it costs like half a billion dollars to make
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the f-22 is only an air superiority fighter, and will likely maintain that role because its amazing at it
The f-35 isn't intended to be air superiority, though its stealth profile is about as good at the f-22 which is fucking insane.
the f22 has a far superior stealth profile, even if the 35 stores armaments in its inner bays
and my point was that we already do have the edge in 5th gen fighters i think the funniest thing about this arms buildup race is that the chinese counterpart to the 22 looks like an exact ripoff
isnt it like the bastard child of the f35 and a sukhoi
no it looks like a mix of the f35 and and the 22 google image the j31 it has the overall wing, vertical stabilizer, and fuselage of the 22 but adds in the indented air intake design of the 35.
On May 27 2015 02:11 ahswtini wrote: isnt the f35 supposed to be capable of everything, stealth, air superiority and ground attack etc..
Yeah, sure. And they keep making new versions. Its the Ipod of high speed attack craft. New model all the time, but its not really clear why we need one.
Its because they don't actually have the f-35 working yet
We need it to maintain an edge against China/Russia in having the first fifth generation fighters.
yea it's called the f22 that thing outmaneuvers and blows everything else out of the sky even though it costs like half a billion dollars to make
worth
the f-22 is only an air superiority fighter, and will likely maintain that role because its amazing at it
The f-35 isn't intended to be air superiority, though its stealth profile is about as good at the f-22 which is fucking insane.
the f22 has a far superior stealth profile, even if the 35 stores armaments in its inner bays
and my point was that we already do have the edge in 5th gen fighters i think the funniest thing about this arms buildup race is that the chinese counterpart to the 22 looks like an exact ripoff
isnt it like the bastard child of the f35 and a sukhoi
no it looks like a mix of the f35 and and the 22 google image the j31 it has the overall wing, vertical stabilizer, and fuselage of the 22 but adds in the indented air intake design of the 35.
It's made in china by underaged, unskilled labourers though, So it's okay, AMERICAN quality and pew pew experience edge will prevail and vanquish all the foes of FREEDOM without even breaking a sweat.
On May 27 2015 02:11 ahswtini wrote: isnt the f35 supposed to be capable of everything, stealth, air superiority and ground attack etc..
Yeah, sure. And they keep making new versions. Its the Ipod of high speed attack craft. New model all the time, but its not really clear why we need one.
Its because they don't actually have the f-35 working yet
We need it to maintain an edge against China/Russia in having the first fifth generation fighters.
yea it's called the f22 that thing outmaneuvers and blows everything else out of the sky even though it costs like half a billion dollars to make
worth
the f-22 is only an air superiority fighter, and will likely maintain that role because its amazing at it
The f-35 isn't intended to be air superiority, though its stealth profile is about as good at the f-22 which is fucking insane.
the f22 has a far superior stealth profile, even if the 35 stores armaments in its inner bays
and my point was that we already do have the edge in 5th gen fighters i think the funniest thing about this arms buildup race is that the chinese counterpart to the 22 looks like an exact ripoff
isnt it like the bastard child of the f35 and a sukhoi
no it looks like a mix of the f35 and and the 22 google image the j31 it has the overall wing, vertical stabilizer, and fuselage of the 22 but adds in the indented air intake design of the 35.
It's made in china by underaged, unskilled labourers though, So it's okay, AMERICAN quality and pew pew experience edge will prevail and vanquish all the foes of FREEDOM without even breaking a sweat.
And I think there is still only one confirmed prototype. Unless they are building large numbers of them in secret for the upcoming invasion. Also, China is responsible for the drought in California. They are weakening the population before the beach landing.
On May 27 2015 02:27 PassiveAce wrote: Good thing these days we fight wars against armies with powerful air forces otherwise some might say that spending so much of our tax revenue on air superiority would be a tremendous waste leftover from a cold war mentality.
ikr why develop shit that we dont need today, forward planning is a terrible idea
Yes we must always be prepared for the inevitable military conflict with our perennial communist enemies. Or maybe this century it will be the filthy Persians and Arabs. No matter who threatens freedom and democracy and all we hold dear and etc at this particular moment in time, america will always be prepared to level disproportionate force against whatever predominantly civilian population deemed necessary.
Stay vigilant, American patriots.
u dont wear a seatbelt cuz a carcrash is inevitable
I wonder what saves more lives, seatbelts or the american military. W/e the answer is, seatbelts save lives for a a hell of a lot cheaper.
On May 27 2015 02:27 PassiveAce wrote: Good thing these days we fight wars against armies with powerful air forces otherwise some might say that spending so much of our tax revenue on air superiority would be a tremendous waste leftover from a cold war mentality.
ikr why develop shit that we dont need today, forward planning is a terrible idea
Yes we must always be prepared for the inevitable military conflict with our perennial communist enemies. Or maybe this century it will be the filthy Persians and Arabs. No matter who threatens freedom and democracy and all we hold dear and etc at this particular moment in time, america will always be prepared to level disproportionate force against whatever predominantly civilian population deemed necessary.
Stay vigilant, American patriots.
u dont wear a seatbelt cuz a carcrash is inevitable
I wonder what saves more lives, seatbelts or the american military. W/e the answer is, seatbelts save lives for a a hell of a lot cheaper.
u miss the point, but that isnt surprising given ur posting
Ur point is that we need to be prepared for potential serious military conflicts between major world superpowers. My point is that there is no reason to believe that their will be such a conflict in the future and preparing for that war is hideously expensive. We KNOW car accidents are gonna happen. We have NO reason to believe we're going to war with China. Ur analogy sucks dude.
well the point is by the time we know war is going to happen, putting in 10 years to develop a plane isn't going to cut it
some things have to be preemptive i'm sure it's widely publicized that the military runs models on and has plans for all sorts of retarded scenarios from alien invasion to zombie outbreaks tbh im not sure if it's worth all the budget we allocate but i disagree that programs like these are not a necessity
On May 27 2015 03:08 PassiveAce wrote: Maybe we should start building a giant space laser so we can stop the inevitable alien invasion while we're at it
How could you possibly be against building a giant floating laser? Filthy money grubbing member of a religious minority.
The American military industrial complex is a giant money making machine and welfare for some states that produce military equipment we "need" to be safe. A lot of people make a very good living on making us prepared with equipment we may or may not need.
On May 27 2015 03:32 Veles wrote: in the end its american contractors getting paid to do work that furthers basic science & engineering/manufacturing capability
obviously f35 project has major issues but the fact that military spending is high isn't a problem in itself
EPT
