Only if human life is a consideration. The smaller engines have a shorter life and go kaput on more occasion. At least in theory the second engine usually gives one a ride home in those cases. At least when they actually put in a protective wall between the engines.

The market really is overly saturated with options right now, especially second hand models for the smaller air forces. It makes the production a risky business. If you don’t sell the big iron then military designs just aren’t worth the price to research & design these days. Look at the modern Yakovlev company; they depend on light aircraft sales over military-grade sales these days. Even having a solid design like the Yak-130 is no guarantee of sales.

Conceptually flawed? Purely psychobabble talk! The Lightning rocked.

Only problem is you’re only concerning yourself with one layer of the picture, dj, the gps module isn’t there solely for hitting coordinates gathered through sigint/triangulation. The harm is essentially becoming an extended-range gps guided bomb that may or may not be seeking out radar matrices. It will be pretty spectacular how flexible the package will be after the refit. Could finally give the government something to do with all those mark 36 rocket motors they’ve been storing all these years.

Its pretty apparent F-35B is to be the Spanish replacement for the Harrier in their navy.

Except in DSI (n°15).:D

Can you explain this comment? I assume you meant the diverterless supersonic inlet.

raptor <> dinosaur

Raptor == bird of prey

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Where you show the X-24C it looks more like an underground parking garage with a guard booth in the center of the ramped entrance.

The Mirage F.1 in contrast, which had similar time scope and was subject to similar technological limitations, came out much better. The Russians didn’t lack the technology or the ability, but specified the wrong aircraft for any but their own (perceived) needs.

The MiG-23PD was sort of a cross between the powerful engine of a MiG-25, the delta wings of the MiG-21, and the lift jets of the Yak-38. This low chord fixed wing creature was not particularly successful in the maneuver arena due to its added weight from lift jets. But how can something lugging around dead weight like that hope to be maneuverable? Perhaps if they’d opted for more wing area and no lift jets – which would have made it a non-stol fighter – they might have had something a little more utilitarian. But since stol was so important to the requirement, its no wonder they chose the swing wing.