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longbow4y
Är det någon i forumet som läst denna bok?
https://www.amazon.com/American-Grip...ct_top?ie=UTF8
Intressant....
Har läst boken, tack för tipset.
Till Koppen 89 kan jag delge följande: Inte någonstans i boken påstås det att ”Gripen är guds gåva till världen och lösningen på alla nationers problem”. Boken talar om Gripen E som en interimslösning:
“Adopting the Gripen E will be an interim solution until a replacement is found for the F-22 which is simply too expensive to fly due to the way it achieves stealth - by the application of a lot of radar-absorbent-material”.
Däremot finns det skrivningar om kallare klimat i kapitel 8. Detta kapitel är vigt till resonemang om att västvärlden går mot en militär konflikt med Kina. Ögnade endast igenom detta kapitel som kändes apart och innehöll stundtals märkliga resonemang.
När det gäller boken i övrigt så är litteratur och referenslistan till varje kapitel omfattande. Kritiken mot F35 verkar i huvudsak vara baserad på olika rapporter till kongressen och artiklar i fackmagasin, varav mycket redan är citerat i denna tråd. Dessutom finns det en del graverande uppgifter kring den norska upphandlingen som jag inte sett tidigare, bland annat hämtade från Wikileaks.
Ett axplock av kritiken mot F35 som framförs i boken:
1. motorn: The F-135 engine that powers the F-35 is a wide engine, and the wider the engine, the greater the gyroscopic forces on it. If you put the aircraft into a snap turn the engine will want to keep going in the direction it was travelling, placing enormous stresses on it and the airframe.
The F-35 has the largest, hottest and heaviest engine ever put into a fighter plane.
2. landningsbanor: Because of its execrable acceleration and high wing loading, the F-35 requires a runway that is at least 8,000 feet long from which to operate. True fighter aircraft can use runways one third that length.
3. driftskostnaden: At $ 42,000 per hour of flight, the F-35 is simply too expensive to operate relative to the capability it provides. Pilots need flying time of 20 hours a month to remain proficient. As with the F-22’ s pilots, F-35 pilots are likely to be limited to 10 hours a month in the cockpit. The
4. design/manöverbarhet: The efficacy of an aircraft as an air-superiority fighter can be determined from its design. Different aircraft types can be flown against each other in simulations. Thus a 2008 Rand study was able to determine that the Su-35 could shoot down the F-35 at the rate of 2.4 F-35s for each Su-35 lost1. Because of its miscegenation as a light bomber, the F-35 is less maneuverable than fighter designs up to 50 years old.
5. kylningen: The F-35 uses its fuel to cool its electronics. The aircraft won’t start if its fuel is too warm, making deployment in warmer regions problematic.
6. Decibel: The F-35 is more than four times louder than the F-16.
7. stridförmåga: In fact, in battle simulations of the F-35 against the Su-35, 2.4 F-35s are lost for each Su-35 shot down. Pitting the Gripen E against the Su-35 results in 1.6 of the Sukhois shot down for each Gripen E lost. The loss exchange ratio of the Gripen E against the F-35 is breathtaking. For each Gripen lost in a Gripen E-on-F-35 exchange, 21 F-35s are shot down.
Referens till den sista uppgiften är Wing Commander Chris Mills, pensionerad flygöverste i det australiensiska flygvapnet.