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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The one versus 2 engines to me is a non issue, the reliability of jet fighter engines is through the charts. It also makes engine maintenance replacement easier and cheaper.
The typhoon is a very nice jet, but the F-35's command of airspace through data linking and through the glass cockpit and with the Stealth Capability means that the F-35 is designed to sneak up on an enemy and punch it in the starfish before they're aware of it.
At least that's the theory.
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For our specific needs (interoperability with ADC/NORAD) we have no choice in the matter. It's the the F-35...period. It makes no sense to buy "cheap" airframes and get ass-raped upgrading the electronics suites so the planes can "talk" to Tinker, Elmendorf , Boulder.... and AWACS. This would be silly. Most civvies don't get it. We have been tied to the US teat since the early '60's
