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| Joint
Strike
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| In
2002 in
a surprise decision the then Defence Minister announced that the
planned
AIR 6000 flyoff to choose Australia's future fighter aircraft was to be
effectively stopped, with the developmental Joint Strike Fighter
declared to be the preferred aircraft type. The Joint Strike Fighter is not designed to perform air superiority roles, unlike the larger F-22A, and is not well adapted to performing the long range strike role now filled by the F-111. There has been considerable adverse press associated with JSF cost overruns and project delays. This website will post a selection of relevant articles, submissions and papers. |
The Parliamentary Debate [Click for more ...] |
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| What would an F-22A Raptor look like in RAAF colours? |
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 The
Joint
Strike Fighter best compares in its roles and missions, sizing
and relative capabilities to the Republic F-105D Thunderchief, the
workhorse of the US bombing effort during the Vietnam conflict. What is
remarkable is the extent to which a similar roles/missions requirement,
defined almost four decades later, produced a combat aircraft of nearly
identical size and weight. Like the F-105, the JSF is not
designed
to be a top end air superiority fighter, but is designed with was
intended to be a robust
self defence capability.
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