Kanadas egen undersökning från Parliamentary Budget Officer om F-35
http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/73596/parliamentary-budget-office-report-on-estimated.pdf
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F-35:an är alltså i huvudsak en Stealth-bombare. De länder som nu köpt denna maskin i tron att de köpt en interceptor att skydda eget luftrum är inget annat än lurade.
Gissningsvis är detta något USA trycker på via NATO att få sina medlemmar mer aktiva i olika understödsroller i olika krigskampanjer.
http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/73596/parliamentary-budget-office-report-on-estimated.pdf
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Citat:
The new aircraft was to reflect key lessons derived from the 1991 Gulf War. Stealth was
seen as immensely valuable in the first day of the war; however, after the first day’s
operations, the Iraqi integrated air defense system never recovered, and Pentagon
planners believed that stealth would be less vital as any campaign continued. In
addition, operations revealed the high value of precision guided munitions. The Joint
Direct Attack Munition program, the first full-production GPS guided bomb, was well
under way by 1995. This meant that a combat aircraft could be lethal even with a
relatively small weapon load. All this led to a ‘day-one stealth’ concept, where the
aircraft would carry a restricted internal load at the start of the campaign but then
switch to non-stealthy operations with a larger load of external weapons afterward in
order to deal with bigger target sets. This transformation in approach called for a
versatile design.
The goal of tri-service commonality limited the weight and dimensions of the aircraft.
The three arms of the armed forces settled on a single-engine design. This decision
imposed a ceiling on the total weight of the aircraft. The size of the deck, elevators, and
hangars of the US LHA-class ships used by the Marines and the desire to avoid wing
folding limited the dimensions of the aircraft.
Size and cost constraints would put restrictions on performance requirements. As the
largest customer, the USAF had a strong influence on the basic operational requirement,
which was expressed early on as ‘70 per cent strike and 30 per cent fighter’. In USAF
service, the F-15 and, later, the F-22 are the primary air combat fighters, with F-16s in a
fighter-bomber role. The strike mission emphasized ground targets, called for the ability
to carry bombs (bulkier and heavier than air-to-air missiles), and required a built-in
infrared/laser targeting system. Fighter missions stressed speed and acceleration, radar
size and power, and agility.
The USAF’s thinking was strongly affected by Gulf War experience. The result was a
specification that resembled an F-117—a stealthy aircraft designed to carry two 2,000-
pound precision-guided bombs—but that eliminated the F-117’s limitations.
The F-117 could not survive in daylight. The new fighter would be able to do so
with a combination of situational awareness and air-to-air missiles for selfdefense.
The F-117 was limited to clear air conditions and fixed targets. The new fighter
would have a much better electro-optical targeting system and a radar.
The F-117 was a one-mission aircraft. The new fighter would, at least,
have F-16-level agility and would be able to carry external weapons.
seen as immensely valuable in the first day of the war; however, after the first day’s
operations, the Iraqi integrated air defense system never recovered, and Pentagon
planners believed that stealth would be less vital as any campaign continued. In
addition, operations revealed the high value of precision guided munitions. The Joint
Direct Attack Munition program, the first full-production GPS guided bomb, was well
under way by 1995. This meant that a combat aircraft could be lethal even with a
relatively small weapon load. All this led to a ‘day-one stealth’ concept, where the
aircraft would carry a restricted internal load at the start of the campaign but then
switch to non-stealthy operations with a larger load of external weapons afterward in
order to deal with bigger target sets. This transformation in approach called for a
versatile design.
The goal of tri-service commonality limited the weight and dimensions of the aircraft.
The three arms of the armed forces settled on a single-engine design. This decision
imposed a ceiling on the total weight of the aircraft. The size of the deck, elevators, and
hangars of the US LHA-class ships used by the Marines and the desire to avoid wing
folding limited the dimensions of the aircraft.
Size and cost constraints would put restrictions on performance requirements. As the
largest customer, the USAF had a strong influence on the basic operational requirement,
which was expressed early on as ‘70 per cent strike and 30 per cent fighter’. In USAF
service, the F-15 and, later, the F-22 are the primary air combat fighters, with F-16s in a
fighter-bomber role. The strike mission emphasized ground targets, called for the ability
to carry bombs (bulkier and heavier than air-to-air missiles), and required a built-in
infrared/laser targeting system. Fighter missions stressed speed and acceleration, radar
size and power, and agility.
The USAF’s thinking was strongly affected by Gulf War experience. The result was a
specification that resembled an F-117—a stealthy aircraft designed to carry two 2,000-
pound precision-guided bombs—but that eliminated the F-117’s limitations.
The F-117 could not survive in daylight. The new fighter would be able to do so
with a combination of situational awareness and air-to-air missiles for selfdefense.
The F-117 was limited to clear air conditions and fixed targets. The new fighter
would have a much better electro-optical targeting system and a radar.
The F-117 was a one-mission aircraft. The new fighter would, at least,
have F-16-level agility and would be able to carry external weapons.
F-35:an är alltså i huvudsak en Stealth-bombare. De länder som nu köpt denna maskin i tron att de köpt en interceptor att skydda eget luftrum är inget annat än lurade.
Gissningsvis är detta något USA trycker på via NATO att få sina medlemmar mer aktiva i olika understödsroller i olika krigskampanjer.
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Det är nog inga större problem och sätta igång linan om man vill det.
