Strike Eagle isn’t designed to be used in such a matter, so it has to rely on smart munition while staying high and far away.

This is a drawback how exactly? Why would you fly a riskier profile, when you can accomplish the same thing with higher survivability flying higher, and further away.

Here we come to the point Paralay was making – weak enemy vs. strong enemy. I mean, could you use a SDB from 100+ km against an enemy with strong air defense?

Yes, and yes. A lone F-15E won’t be attacking any target. It’ll be part of a strike package, with multiple strikers, SEAD/DEAD support, jammers, etc….
SDBs are considerably cheaper than SAMs, and can be fielded in much greater numbers.

How long these F-15E’s will last?

Against what, and under what circumstances?

How effective will it be against military targets?

Very effective against any target that doesn’t require a bigger weapon to ensure destruction.

Are you kidding? How many innocent civilians have been killed in the last 10 years in Iraq and Afghanistan? Your point about allegedly US concern for civilians well being and the lack of such by the Russians is pure rubbish, to say it politely.

How many were killed by US forces vs. insurgents, terrorists? How many more might’ve been killed had unguided weapons been used? Cite one source from any conflict in history, where greater measures were taken to prevent collateral damage.

The small bomb is a step in the right direction, troops are calling for even smaller blast.
But the ‘glide 100 km’ is totally impractible, by that time whoever was spotted had time to finish the dinner, clean the plates and walk away. It can also easily be some glitch with it, causing it to glide into blue forces,
there are likely some strict rules on attack direction and range.

You’re assuming that the SDB will be detected at 100km. It doesn’t matter how far away the bomb is dropped, if there’s a glitch. It could’ve been dropped from 5km, and accidently hit the wrong target too.

Su-34 can carry 48 FAB-100 bombs. How many SDB’s F-15E can carry?

PPS

How many separate targets can an Su-34 hit in a single pass/sortie vs. an F-15E?:cool:

PAC-3 missile main objective is to destroy enemy ballistic missiles, not to intercept fighters.

That is the main mission, but not the only mission.

Are you sure Su-34 has nothing comparable? Do they drop Molotov cocktails on their enemy and use Makarov pistols to shot down hostile jets?

It doesn’t have anything comparable to SDBs, JSOW, or JASSM, and I’d be curious to see the CEP comparisons between Russian PGMs and their US counterparts. Also, how many types of GPS/Glonass guided PGMs are currently fielded?

Well a quick Google search yielded these results for anyone looking to inform themselves-

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4669588

Further testing, according to Lockheed, will gradually expand the flight envelope out to the aircraft’s top speed of Mach 1.6 – a speed the aircraft is designed to reach while carrying a full internal weapons load of more than 3,000 pounds.

And that’s the B variant even.

http://www.livescience.com/technology/081107-f-35-fighter-jets.html

While supersonically the F-35 is limited to a seemingly unimpressive Mach 1.6 in level flight, Davis explains that the JSF is optimized for exceptional subsonic to supersonic acceleration. Transonic acceleration is much more relevant to a fighter pilot than the absolute max speed of the jet, Davis said….. Beesley said that in terms of supersonic flight that the F-35 is still more than competitive with existing designs.

Now consider that the 240-3 is ~3000lbs heavier than the A model, much less a B or C model, which can reach M1.6 with a full internal load. Now ask yourself if it’s so implausible.

Typical response of someone pressed on the wall with no arguments left.

Typical response for when I know info has been posted before, and the other person is too lazy to use the search function.

The F-35 will be more flexible and more survivable than the aircraft it replaces. The pilots who’ve flown it have all had very favorable remarks. Its flyaway costs are very competitive with the 4.5 gen alternatives. I’d suggest that it’s you that needs to provide some evidence that the plane is a dog.