F35 Lightning II-Fighter of The Future

This is my first attempt at a video, and was done the night before a project on Lockheed Martin, so please don't be too picky over the messy transitions etc.

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[DannyFischarge]

Designed and built by the British (though operated by Americans) and first flown in 1965, Thunderbirds 2 is still the worlds best VTOL aircraft

[Utubeifuwant]

Too much trust placed on stealth and performance neglected. An F-117 stealth fighter was shot down over Kosovo in 1997 when it was detected by the Russian VERA radar but no lessons seem to have been learnt.

The English Electric Lightning of the 1960's could out perform the F 35 .by miles.

[Utubeifuwant]

@OlderG0ds I agree that the technology has improved but so has the detection methods. Even the USA purchased the Tesla radar responsible for tracking the F 117 so I expect they have been developing it since then.

[OlderG0ds]

@Utubeifuwant Because they know stealth has proven itself invaluable. 1 stealth aircraft shot down in tens of thousands of hours in combat sorties? And that's just the F-117 which is first generation.. tech from the 70's, not to mention subsonic. Stuff today is much better.

[cstac21]

well..............the F-22 took over

[jakeDUHsnake2011]

@utubeifuwant (2) not to mention the electronics on this plane are superior to any other plane and will undoubtably take the first shot long before its detected. dog fighting honestly is becoming more rare because of the incredible technology on these aircraft, they can take shots from such long ranges that getting close enough to where maneuverability will even be effective is something that probably wont happen.

[jakeDUHsnake2011]

@utubeifuwant (1) well i don't know to much about radar capabilities and the different kinds but just from examining the incredible capabilities this plane is capable of, not to mention the ones still concealed from the public, i highly doubt all the engineers involved with the project overlooked those different things.

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[Utubeifuwant]

@Utubeifuwant (2) Let's assume in the future, that all combat aircraft are equally invisible to radar. Where does that leave us? Back to pre radar days and engagement by line of sight? What will be the most important characteristic of a combat plane then? probably manouverabiliy. Stealth technology isn't owned by just one combatent - everyone (of importance) has it.

[Utubeifuwant]

@jakeDUHsnake2011 ( 1) My argument is that true stealth is not, in practice, possible. Microwave transmission from a plane such as ranging and terrain following radar, communications and transponders can locate the aircraft and its direction and speed computed. Also, weather radars, capable of detecting atmospheric turbulence can be tuned to detect the turbulent wake left by any body moving thru' the atmosphere, no matter how invisible to radar it may be.

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[jakeDUHsnake2011]

@utubeifuwant you got to think about it though, a missile is going to be a heck of a lot more maneuverable and faster then any plane. its much smarter to put more emphasis on stealth technology then maneuverability cause you have a better chance of not getting shot down. the electronics is what is going to separate this plane from anything else. the electronics makes it so it won't need to be maneuverable.

[AmpleDoughnut]

That's because Americans are the only people crazy enough yet cool enough to fly these things.

[Zbyszkoz]

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