F-35C combat debut
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quicksilver
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Re: F-35C combat debut
The point I make is that the foundational assumptions resident in these reports change from year to year, and there is rarely explanation of how those altered assumptions change the resulting data. All the public often gets is clever sophistry or hysteria (from the usual suspects) meant to enrage and/or incite.
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ricnunes
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Re: F-35C combat debut
DITTO!quicksilver wrote:The point I make is that the foundational assumptions resident in these reports change from year to year, and there is rarely explanation of how those altered assumptions change the resulting data. All the public often gets is clever sophistry or hysteria (from the usual suspects) meant to enrage and/or incite.
“Active stealth” is what the ignorant nay sayers call EW and pretend like it’s new.
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Re: F-35C Combat Debut
New F-35Cs that have been produced for the last ~2 years should have the IWB modifications required to mount the Sidekick, unless it was delayed from Lot 15 to sometimes later.Corsair1963 wrote:Sidekick was supposed to be part of Block 4 F-35Cs. So, I would assume new F-35Cs coming off the line today would have it....
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Re: F-35C combat debut
Must watch video.....
New Navy video imagines high-tech warfare in 2043
The Navy's new sci-fi short "Sea Strike" showcases how new tools including artificial intelligence, drone wingmen and, yes, lasers could help in future peer-to-peer conflicts.
“The year is 2043. We have been at war with a peer adversary for a year.”
That’s the set up for “Sea Strike,” a new short film depicting how the Navy could utilize new technology in a potential conflict in the coming years.
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Full article: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-se ... -war-film/