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"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message ... On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 03:19:41 GMT, "Thomas Schoene" wrote: Scott Ferrin wrote: Nope. The X-32 would have but not the 35. My guess is they could have but maybe Lockhhed didn't want it competing with the F-22. Or they didn't want to pay the weight penalty in an aircraft designed for strike over air-to-air. I recently suggested that if the F/A-22 were canceled, the Air Force might look at an air-to-air version of JSF. An axi-symetrical thrust vectoring nozzle would be high on the list of desirable modifications for such an aircraft, I suspect. I'd think they'd have to make quite a few changes to make it good enough to be the primary air to air fighter. Internal weapon load is tiny (2 -120s), the thrust to weight leaves a lot to be desired, and how does it fair in the manueverability dept.? Sure you can add external weapons but then there goes your stealth. Then when the politicians start screaming because the F-35's cost is going up and service date is getting pushed back so the required changes can be incorporated. . . We can hope the F-35 folks will stand their ground. |
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