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Bowman · 05-23-2007, 23:13 PM

I'm struggling to see why the JSF/F-35 is considered to be such an advance in capablities over current aircraft. It doesn't seem that fast. It would not appear to be able to dogfight with an Su-35 or similar. It doesn't have supercruise and it's payload can't be much more than an F-18E. I understand that it's stealthy, but it's going to be based on very un-stealthy aircraft carriers. Given the expense of the aircraft, should the U.K. look more closely at the feasibility of a navalized Typhoon? Wouldn't Typhoon be a more sensible aircraft for Australia, too? It's much cheaper and is considerably better than the Honda Accord/F-18.

05-23-2007, 23:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
Bowman Regular Join Date: 03-26-07 Posts: 72	I'm struggling to see why the JSF/F-35 is considered to be such an advance in capablities over current aircraft. It doesn't seem that fast. It would not appear to be able to dogfight with an Su-35 or similar. It doesn't have supercruise and it's payload can't be much more than an F-18E. I understand that it's stealthy, but it's going to be based on very un-stealthy aircraft carriers. Given the expense of the aircraft, should the U.K. look more closely at the feasibility of a navalized Typhoon? Wouldn't Typhoon be a more sensible aircraft for Australia, too? It's much cheaper and is considerably better than the Honda Accord/F-18.