Re:The F-35’s Terrifying Bug List
by daemin on Thursday February 04, 2016 @06:47AM
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The problem is that this will never be entirely possible. So if your first and only option fails, you're screwed.
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Not really, no. Dogfights don't happen one-on-one like in the movies. The air frame's flight performance is less important than other considerations.
You're still better off winning most of your battles BVR and relying on your wingman in a dogfight than going toe to toe in every battle.
People watch Top Gun too much and think everyone is zooming around the sky on their own, pulling dumbass maneuvers. Or they think that reading a Tom Clancy novel means they know how the military functions.