Re:Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021)
by jasmer on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @12:59AM
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F22 is stealthier and has better radar packages, more oriented towards air superiority. F22 is designed to completely dominate the sky. F35 was originally designed to be a multi-role fighter, it's still that, but not cheap. And has some very advanced features not noted in this article, oddly. Integrated sensors and communications turn it into a flying AWACS, very potent.
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Re:Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021)
by protocolture on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @01:02AM
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As opposed to a crawling AWACS?
Re:Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021)
by devoutsalsa on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @01:18AM
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There’s a gliding AWACS that is much cheaper. There’s also a single use AWACS that you can launch from a trebuchet, which also doubles as ammunition to batter your enemy’s defenses.