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"Anne & Lynn Wheeler" <lynn@garlic.com> wrote in message 
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> "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> writes:
>> The F-35 is a fine example of why a committee should not be allowed to
>> design airplanes, and more importantly why a committee containing
>> representatives of the Air Force should not be allowed to participate
>> in the design of naval aircraft.
>
> This is F-22: Can't Fly Won't Die
> http://nypost.com/2009/07/17/cant-fly-wont-die/
>
> Pilots call high-maintenance aircraft "hangar queens."  Well, the F-22's
> a hangar empress. After three expensive decades in development, the
> plane meets fewer than one-third of its specified requirements.
>
> ...
>
> Anyway, an enemy wouldn't have to down a single F-22 to defeat it.
> Just strike the hi-tech maintenance sites, and it's game over.

The problem with that line is that there aren't any enemies that can do 
that.

> (In WWII, we didn't shoot down every Japanese Zero; we just sank their
> carriers.) The F-22 isn't going to operate off a dirt strip with a repair 
> tent.

Doesn’t need to do that.

> But this is all about lobbying, not about lobbing bombs. Cynically,
> Lockheed Martin distributed the F-22 workload to nearly every state,
> employing under-qualified sub-contractors to create local financial
> stakes in the program. Great politics -- but the result has been a
> quality collapse.
>
> ... snip ...
>
> finally ended F-22 ... but used same tactics with F-35 process.
> http://www.dailytech.com/Defense+Secretary+Gates+Proposes+Ending+F22+Fighter+VH71+Helicopter+Production/article14776.htm
>
> Originally F-35 design did cost(?) reduced compromise as bomb truck
> assuming F-22 flying cover and provide air superiority role.
>
> this has long detailed discussion changes from original prototype and
> "true" stealth (analysis done before F-22 was terminated)
> http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-2009-01.html
>
> diagram 4 has F-35 radar signature at different wavelengths.  VHF/L can
> find/track but difficult for targeting. latest processing chips with
> multi-band radar ... for tracking&targeting.
> http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-2009-01.html#mozTocId269596
>
> This is separate from design/weight penalty for enabling (F-35B) Marine
> corp version (short take-off-land).
>
> besides "cyberdumb" in problems with the F-35 program
> http://www.pogo.org/straus/issues/weapons/2016/the-f-35-still-failing-to-impress.html
>
> there is lots of "cyberdumb" with adversaries dancing
> through our networks taking detailed designs of advanced
> weapons
> http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2013/05/28/us-weapons-compromised-chinese-cyberspies/
>
> The designs included those for the advanced Patriot missile system,
> known as PAC-3; an Army system for shooting down ballistic missiles,
> known as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD; and the
> Navy's Aegis ballistic-missile defense system.Also identified in the
> report are vital combat aircraft and ships, including the F/A-18 fighter
> jet, the V-22 Osprey, the Black Hawk helicopter and the Navy's new
> Littoral Combat Ship, which is designed to patrol waters close to
> shore. Also on the list is the most expensive weapons system ever built
> -- the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which is on track to cost about $1.4
> trillion.
 

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