Centrándome sólo en Kopp, sobre que sólo es realmente furtivo de frente es ya la tercera fuente "metida en el ajo" en la que lo leo. ¿Qué sabes al respecto, Mauricio, ya que te tienes más trillado este avión?
Habla de faltas flagrantes de prestaciones y de furtividad "efectiva", pero no habla de su conjunto sensor, nivel de fusión, de guerra en red ni de combate junto a UAS, que serán la repanocha, según nos dicen. (Vamos, que creo qeu está dejando de lado grandes ventajas de ese caza).
Del documento y de Kopp:
That document set very, very low expectations for the aircraft's [F-35] speed and very low expectations for the aircraft's turning performance and agility all of the measures required for an aircraft to be successful in combat against other fighter aircraft but it also set very low expectations for the stealth performance of the joint strike fighter.
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The Joint Strike Fighter really only has performance that would qualify as stealthy in the direction of over the aircraft's nose. In other words, it is hard to see from the front but if you look at the aircraft from the sides or behind and below looking up at it the aircraft [F-35] is in many instances only marginally better than a conventional aircraft.
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Where this takes you is that the expectations for the aircraft were set very low in terms of performance and in terms of stealth performance.
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The same is also true when you deal with these newer stealth fighters [PAK FA, J-20], because they are designed to compete with the F22. They fly higher; they are faster and more agile much, much more agile. They have more powerful radars and much, much better antenna packagesfor other sensors. The aircraft [F-35] is not meeting its specifications and its specifications are inadequate to deal with the changed environment.
