Interesting how back in 2011 the top DOD tester--in an FOUO report--states survivability is a concern for the F-35 yet we have a DOD public consumption publication that paints a different picture. For your convenience it is at the end of this post.
It says some good things about the shoot-up of AA-1. Of interest though, AA-1 was not a production representative F-35.
Is there hidden test language? Look at the manner in which fire risks are mentioned.
I do wonder about a recent photo showing an F-35A (a real production representative one) with "weapons" refueling from a KC-10 tanker. Hint: they were not "weapons" but test shapes.
In any event, look at the IPP exhaust and where it is located in this photo. Look under the star. An IR homing missile would like that.
Take out the IPP and well, that ends the flight.
The IPP exhaust on the old AA-1 is located in a different place.
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No wonder why the F-35's fuselage is too thinned skinned. Lockheed Martin has done very little with major safety precautions on the aircraft to protect against fire.
As an close air support asset which the F-35 is suppose to perform (when it attempts to discriminate tanks, convoys, SAMs and AAAs) its totally incapable, the aircraft will be an very easy target to shoot down, because it's such a delicate aeroplane which means the aircraft has a huge F135-PW-100 turbofan engine surrounded by fuel wrapped around entirely in the engine and to the fuselage. Very little they can do because the .22 Rifle or any form of gunfire can very easily penetrate the skin on the airframe and causes it to catch on fire like a “blow torch”.
It will definately be a failure when the lemon (F-35) replaces the A-10C Thunderbolt for Close Air Support and the F-35 doesn't have a hefty 30mm cannon to do the job.
Go ti YouTube and type the 1/5 DOCUMENTRY ON F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER. A Military expert Pierre Sprey, the founder and designer of the F-16 & A-10 Warthog aircraft, Explains why the F-35 will not cut it on the modern battlefield.
Regards Peter
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