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2018-04-13 Science & Technology

The F-35 Hits A Key Developmental Milestone, But With Watered-Down Requirements

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Posted by Anomalous Sources 2018-04-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 It will take Skynet to actually fly this thing in combat: ...It could also otherwise impede the ability of the aircraft’s various complex systems to properly share and display information to the pilot, other F-35s and different aircraft, or throughout ground-based networks.
So in a future battlefield you want a Network-Centric device that can be hacked by some Cyberwarfare nerd on the other side of the planet. Idiocy on steroids.
Why have an onboard pilot? Just make it a drone and fly it from a base in the continental US if you are going to try and make it a single-seat aircraft that will bury the pilot in an information overload. *Madness*

Posted by magpie 2018-04-13 02:15|| 2018-04-13 02:15|| Front Page Top

#2 a single-seat aircraft that will bury the pilot in an information overload. *Madness*

But a profitable one.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-04-13 02:20|| 2018-04-13 02:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Ever lowered standards to pass.

The progressive disease advances from University to the military.

Posted by AlanC 2018-04-13 07:49|| 2018-04-13 07:49|| Front Page Top

#4 #3 Ever lowered standards to pass. -AlanC
Exactly. Soon this plane will take to the sky and defeat all comers with its groundbreaking WiFI HotSpot-ness. Beware our L33t Skill5 !!

Posted by magpie 2018-04-13 13:37|| 2018-04-13 13:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Aw dang. Won't let me grab the image. Try here instead.

F35 vs. F16

Posted by gorb 2018-04-13 15:57|| 2018-04-13 15:57|| Front Page Top

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