Indeed it would appear that they simply said let's take an F-22 shrink it down to the size of an f-35c and give it to powerful engines the only area of concern I would have with this aircraft would probably be the tech we really don't know how well-designed Chinese radars are especially there still developing active…

The F-35 and F-22 have completely different combat roles. Think F-15 and F-16. The F-22 (F-15) is a land-based air superiority fighter. It's designed to go toe-to-toe with the best combat planes the world has to offer, blow them out of the sky, and hold that sky so that our forces can operate with impunity. The…

Not sure if that changed or I misread. They do not fire DU rounds during training usually. Much, much cheaper ammo. But you figure 15 trigger pulls per magazine, that is 15 tanks sliced up. That equals like what, 20k per engagement? Less than a hellfire by two thirds. Plus, that is for tank busting, not the HE rounds…

I disagree on the topic of the Sidewinders. If we have the older stuff in stock and the air-to-air threat is low, why not mount the old stuff? In the off-chance that some ISIS hillbilly manages to find his way into an old MiG he found lying around, he would be pretty easy to take out. Use the cheap shots for that, and…

I read your blog post with great interest, as you seemed at first to be manifesting some credible responses to Sprey's otherwise very seductive criticism of the F-35 program.

Hey! That's some of my work right there!