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hello · 05-23-2007, 14:08 PM

This thread is wrongly named. When I read 'JSF successor', I thought '6th Generation, UAV, near-hypersonic, super-stealth, speculation too far into the future'.

Anyway, I think Australia should go for an F/A-18F and EA-18G combination with a few F-35Cs. The F-35C has longer range than the SuperBug, and if combined with the bug's tanking system, it will have even better range. It doesn't really have much of a stealth payload, but it's non-stealth is better than the bug's(but without stealth, the JSF's biggest advantage is gone). It also has better avionics with the APG-81 radar and EOTS.

However, the 'Lightning 2' is very expensive, and is an overkill considering that Australia is not going to fight anyone in such a war during the JSF's generation.
BTW, JSF doesn't have the fancy F-22 stuff like supercruise and TVC.

05-23-2007, 14:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
hello Contributor Join Date: 05-31-05 Posts: 683	This thread is wrongly named. When I read 'JSF successor', I thought '6th Generation, UAV, near-hypersonic, super-stealth, speculation too far into the future'. Anyway, I think Australia should go for an F/A-18F and EA-18G combination with a few F-35Cs. The F-35C has longer range than the SuperBug, and if combined with the bug's tanking system, it will have even better range. It doesn't really have much of a stealth payload, but it's non-stealth is better than the bug's(but without stealth, the JSF's biggest advantage is gone). It also has better avionics with the APG-81 radar and EOTS. However, the 'Lightning 2' is very expensive, and is an overkill considering that Australia is not going to fight anyone in such a war during the JSF's generation. BTW, JSF doesn't have the fancy F-22 stuff like supercruise and TVC.