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-Assessing Joint Strike Fighter Defence Penetration Capabilities


Is the JSF Really a Fifth Generation Fighter?
  Modern FightersCurrent Threat
5th Generation Fighter Capabilities
F-22A RaptorT-50 PAK-FA Chengdu
J-20
F-35A JSF
Lightning II
Gen 4++
Su-35S
USARussiaChinaInternationalRussia
Super CruiseYes
> 1.7 Mach
(0)
Yes, ~1.8 Mach with persistence
(0)
Yes
(0)
No
(-1)
Yes
(0)
High Agility
Supersonic / Subsonic
Yes
(0)
Extreme Plus
(+1)
Yes
(0)
Neither
(-1)
Extreme
(+1)
High Specific Excess Power - PsYes
(0)
Yes
(0)
Yes
(0)
No
(-1)
Yes
(0)
Thrust Vectoring Control - TVC 2-DYes
2-D
(0)
Yes
3-D
(+1)
 Accommodated
3-D
(0)
No
(-1)
Yes
3-D
(+1)
Highly Integrated AvionicsYes
(0)
Yes
(0)
Yes
(0)
Yes
(0)
Yes
(0)
Electronically Steered Array (ESA) RadarHigh Power Aperture
(+1)
High Power Aperture
(+1)
Yes
(0)
Medium Power Aperture
(0)
High Power
Aperture
(+1)
Sidelooking ESA AperturesFitted For But Not With (FFBNW)
(0)
Yes
(+1)
Insufficient
Data
No
(-1)
Yes
(0)
High Situational Awareness (SA) - Onboard/OffboardYes
(0)
Yes
(0)
LikelyYes
(0)
Yes
(0)
Supersonic Weapons DeliveryYes
(0)
Yes
(0)
Yes
(0)
No
(Bomber Doors / Toed-In Carriage)
(-1)
Yes
(0)
Large Thrust to Weight
Multi-Engine
Thrust Growth
Yes
2 Engines
Large Growth
(0)
Yes
2 Engines
Large Growth
(0)
Yes
2 Engines
Large Growth
(0)
Middling T/W
One Engine
Little Growth
(-1)
Yes
2 Engines
Large Growth
(0)
High Combat Ceiling Loiter / Operate (plus > 7 deg/sec turn rate, sustained @ 30 kft)Yes
> 55 kft
Yes
(0)
Yes
> 60 kft
Yes
(0)
Yes
> 50 kft
Yes
(0)
No
< 45 kft
No
(-1)
Yes
> 55 kft
Yes
(0)
Very Low Observable RF Stealth / Low ObservablesAll Aspect Wideband
(+1)
Yes or Partial
(0)
Yes or
Partial
(0)
Yes but Partial
(0)
Not Intended
(-1)
Good Non RF ObservablesYes
(0)
Yes
(0)
Yes
(0)
No
VOVS/WVE
(-1)
Not Intended
(-1)
Large Internal Usable Fuel Load(klbs)Yes >18 klbs
PLUSthermal cooling
fuel load ~2,000 lbs
(0)
Yes, ~22 klbs
includes fuel for thermal cooling
(0)
Yes, ~25 klbs
includes fuel for
thermal cooling
(+1)
No, <18 klbs
MINUS fuel for thermal cooling
(-1)
Yes
>23 klbs
(+1)
Internal Weapon Carriage Hard Point StationsYes
6 + 2
(0)
Yes
6+2
(0)
Yes
6 + 2
(0)
Yes
4
(0)
Partial
(Tunnel Pod)
2 - 4
(-1)
ZOCT Scoring
by 5th Gen Metrics
+2+4+1-10+1
Table © 2009 - 2013, Peter Goon, Air Power Australia, Peter Goon & Associates.
Update Source Documents:
Initial release table 8th November, 2009: http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-NOTAM-081109-1.html
T-50 PAK-FA Update Sources: http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-2010-01.htmlhttp://www.ausairpower.net/APA-2012-03.html
J-20 Update Sources:  http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-J-XX-Prototype.htmlhttp://www.ausairpower.net/APA-2011-03.html
F-35 Update Sources: http://www.jsf.mil/gallery/gal_photo_sdd.htm;http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/98RS02776/abstract;
http://www.wakenet3-europe.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/2nd_workshop/presentations/020-Barbaresco.pdf;
http://www.jsf.mil/



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