• KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 months ago

      if the f35 enters a dogfight, the other fighter is probably already fucked. I can’t imagine that would ever be a concern of yours, as an f35 pilot, especially with all of the fancy link tech they have.

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        3 months ago

        Yeah you’re thinking along the same lines I was. If the situation ever occurred that an F-35 was in close combat with an enemy aircraft, shit has gone very sideways.

        Though you’re also right that with the interconnected platform of the thing, in reality the dogfighting F-35 would just have to distract the enemy for a moment while somebody dozens of miles away fires a missile.