Re:Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021)
by aidenn0 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @08:07PM
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Does anyone seriously think the F-35A is not technically as-good-as or superior to the Typhoon on a number of axes? If it's similar in cost to the Typhoon, it seems like a no-brainer. Of course the "If" is doing a lot of work which is why TFA was so focused on whether or not the costs in the contracts were reasonable.
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Re:Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021)
by yobbo on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @05:49AM
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The Eurofighter is higher specced than the F-35 on a number points - speed, manoeuvrability, capacity, and possibly endurance - but this is not really part of the debate.
The question is how they are going to be used in practice, with everything that entails. The decision also includes a gamble on how the platform develops in the future, and how adversary's capabilities develop.