Re:Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021)
by Kim_Bruning on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @09:36AM
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F-35 should be able to do SEAD quite well actually, because it can safely get in closer without being detected. This is always an advantage.
Re:Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021)
by sandworm101 on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @09:48AM
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>> when you're surrounded by advanced radar capabilities
Like maybe when you are defending a border against waves of incoming fighters?
>> cheaper jets like the F-16/18 respond to every ping with an anti radiation missile.
If those pings are in range of air-launched anti-radiation missiles, then those launch platforms are well within the range of the much larger ground-launched sams beside those pings. SEAD with non-stealthy aircraft is a much more complex mission than simply throwing harms at pings.
But the kind of all aspect high quality stealth of the F-35 only matters when you're surrounded by advanced radar capabilities.
That's high power radar and high coverage to capture scatter at different angles..along with the bandwidth (processing) needed to detect coincident events.
Most of the time you want to destroy those assets and you have cheaper jets like the F-16/18 respond to every ping with an anti radiation missile.