Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Critics really stretching for bad things to say about F-35

This time Syria provided the opportunity for a most asinine point:
As the military is considering what assets it may need to conduct a potential strike on Syria, the most advanced and most expensive weapons system history will be watching from a hanger.

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a do-it-all fighter for three service branches that is estimated to cost in total $395.7 billion, is simply not ready to fly into combat, despite promises from the Department of Defense early in the program. 
Anyone know what other aircraft will be sitting this one out?  Yup, the F-22 Raptor.  And likely most other fighters.

Why?

Because this is a TLAM show.  That's how, if it happens, the US is likely to strike Syria.  There are 5 destroyers loaded with Tomahawk missiles off the coast of Syria for a reason. 

Funny stuff, but an indicator of how bankrupt the arguments against the F-35 have become.

Graff

4 comments:

  1. This goes hand in hand with ELP's continued tirade about 'no go to war systems'. Critics are grasping at straws.

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  2. Arguing that the F-35 is ineffective because it won't be involved in whatever Syrian intervention is planned in the near future is like arguing that the B-2 is ineffective because it wasn't involved in the Gulf War...

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  3. Or like arguing that the P-80 Shooting Star was ineffective because it wasn't involved in the Battle of Okinawa...

    Or like arguing that the F-6 Skyray was ineffective because it wasn't involved in the Korean War...

    Or like arguing that the F-14 Tomcat was ineffective because it wasn't involved in the Vietnam War...

    Or like arguing that the F-22 is ineffective because it wasn't involved in the initial invasion of Iraq (2003)...

    Wow, it seems SO easy to argue that a combat aircraft is ineffective if you claim that the fact it wasn't used in combat prior to *actually entering service* is grounds for it being "ineffective"!

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    1. You and I understand that. Sadly, certain critics never will, because that doesn't fit their chosen narrative.

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