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Re:The SR-71 Spy Plane Was So Fast, It Outran Every Missile ... by monocasa on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @03:41PM (#19505108)
From what I've heard, the fact that the X-35 looked cooler than the X-32 was a non trivial component of it being selected in the JSF program.
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Re:The SR-71 Spy Plane Was So Fast, It Outran Every Missile ... by usrusr on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @04:47PM (#19505858)
And why not? With the multitude of ground based missiles fielded today, a considerable part of the role of fighter aircraft is status. Imagine a programme as expensive as the F-35 that resulted in a plane so ugly that you'd want to hide it. It would be objectively worse at projecting power without actually fighting it out even if it had slightly better performance characteristics.
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Re:The SR-71 Spy Plane Was So Fast, It Outran Every Missile ... by monocasa on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @05:20PM (#19506161)
Oh sure, I'm not expressing judgement.

Given a volunteer military, and remembering their advertising in high school, they probably want people to feel as cool as possible joining up too.

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Re:The SR-71 Spy Plane Was So Fast, It Outran Every Missile ... by darkpuma on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @03:42PM (#19505125)
That's a damn shame because the X-32 is easily one of the world's cutest airplanes.
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Re:The SR-71 Spy Plane Was So Fast, It Outran Every Missile ... by mywittyname on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @04:02PM (#19505367)
Delivering death with a smile.
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