☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news • 7 months agoThe F-35 fleet can only perform the full range of its combat roles 30% of the time. This unreliability renders the entire program ineffective.external-linkmessage-square78 fedilinkarrow-up1120cross-posted to: us_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1120external-linkThe F-35 fleet can only perform the full range of its combat roles 30% of the time. This unreliability renders the entire program ineffective.☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news • 7 months agomessage-square78 Commentsfedilinkcross-posted to: us_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.ml
minus-squarezifnab25 [he/him, any]hexbear12·edit-27 months agoOkay but 16 is less than half of 35 More seriously, they do have F-16s with robot brains. They're called Predators and they're terrifying, particularly when employed inside a defensive perimeter. But they're not great at power projection. F-22s/35s are built for extended range. link
Okay but 16 is less than half of 35
More seriously, they do have F-16s with robot brains. They're called Predators and they're terrifying, particularly when employed inside a defensive perimeter.
But they're not great at power projection. F-22s/35s are built for extended range.