One issue with SDB's is their slow attack speed. The fly at max L/D, which I've heard in somwhere in the 450kt region. Easy fodder for SHORADs. There may be a direct attack mode which would make this attack more viable.
Those wings are nasty reflectors even straight head-on. Modern systems can see them without big problems.
Beyond that, even if every SDB is successfully intercepted, there are a finite number of missiles at the front, and a smaller number loaded on launchers. Moving them around and loading them takes time creating a window of opportunity just as much as a successful bombstrike.
That's what MALD (-J/N/X or whatever iteration is now being pushed) is for... At least in theory.
Yup. Everything should work as a system. There are no single "win button" there.
They could be relatively easy targets for SHORADs, but my intention with a simultaneous attack before was that most SHORADs can only do something like engage 2 targets simultaneously, leading to them only being capable of intercepting something like a dozen targets per minute. You'd naturally have multiple SHORADs defending, but they can also sometimes have weapons slip by (as we sometimes see in places like Syria), F-35s also have a fairly powerful EW suite that could potentially mess with SHORAD command-guidance or targeting. And then of course the 8-ship of F-35s was just an example of a somewhat fair fight; there's no reason you couldn't have 12, 16, etc F-35s going after a high value SAM. Realistically you'd also have Growlers in the distance providing some additional EW and possibly using some AARGMs; JASSMs, etc might also get involved and you could have things like MALDs / TALDs or newer equivalents participating.
The British Spear and Spear-ew for their F-35B and Eurofighter seem like perfect saturation weapon. I wonder how long will it take for US to get their own version of that
Where are you seeing editing? There's a deceptive dip in the taxiway level if you're looking at the lack of visible wheels on the 'follow me' truck. You can see the variation in ground level matched in the rooflines of both the smaller and larger erectable shelters, which both slope slightly down to the point between them.
https://theaviationist.com/2021/05/16/italian-f-35-intercept-estonia/
More details here (In Fr):
Notice how the picture appears to be heavily edited (and the temporary shelters on the left).
https://www.airforcemag.com/hill-f-35s-deploy-to-france-for-atlantic-trident/
Phalanx and Sea Wolf were shooting down artillery shells in the 80s. An SDB would be nothing for systems like this.
More details here (In Fr):
Notice how the picture appears to be heavily edited (and the temporary shelters on the left).
https://www.airforcemag.com/hill-f-35s-deploy-to-france-for-atlantic-trident/
Typhoon, F-35, Rafale, F-22, M2K, HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier (with 18 F-35B (USMC included))!
And obviously, probably also the training units with Alphajets.
Probably a good time to hang around Cazaux AB (sea front - Rafale where deployed en masse there) if the weather is good.
https://www.capital.fr/economie-pol...hasse-vont-sillonner-le-ciel-francais-1403329
canard effects?
And before that it basically looked like a single-engine J-20.canard effects?
On the subject of Canards, I was wondering if they help in terms of carrier landings?
I just realized that the F-35 actually started as a delta canard at first, before evolving into what it is now
There was also that Northrop NATF with canards as well, and from what I know, yes.canard effects?
On the subject of Canards, I was wondering if they help in terms of carrier landings?
I just realized that the F-35 actually started as a delta canard at first, before evolving into what it is now
Considering it carries twice the fuel load and 5000 lbs of armament in the belly (not to forget the fact that this variant can take off within 400 feet), F-35 doesn't look that much worse.
Doesn't the 35 need to generate more lift and ie stronger vortices than the Rafales because its heavier?
It also depends on the geometry at the wingtips; the way that the F-35's wingtips are sharp and parallel with the direction of airflow means that the air coming off the bottom of the wing can be all moving in the same direction as it wraps up towards the low pressure zone above the wing.
That massive hump behind the canopy threw me off.
IIRC ~6mil to go from TR1 to TR2 and ~22mil to go from TR2 to TR3. So kinda reasonable idea.
