F-35 is a strike aircraft that’s sure, so what about it’s interception capability? It look quite important since most F-35 buyers will never heve F-22?
Let’s check that scenario:
A group of Su-35Bm is advancing Norweigan airspace flying at 52000 feet with cruise speed 1.1Mach. Norweigans detects Su-35s 350km faraway from the F-35 base. F-35 equiped with 4 x AIM-120D and SU-35s carrying 6 long range 2 short range missile. And F-35s are scrambled to intercept them…
Question is can F-35 intercept Su-35s in that altitude and while it has 1.1 Mach?
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January 24, 2009 at 3:38 pm