They are. Nt more PESA radars were produced since signature. They are basically F3R standard.

Another epic fail from Ghandi vis à vis Rafale…

https://blog.challenges.fr/supersonique/defense/rafale-en-inde-gandhi-se-prend-les-pieds-dans-le-tapis/

There is something i do not like in that plane (air intakes)

After Plasma Stealth now is Rofar strikes again. Here we go. 😎

plasma stealth is indeed experimented. How ever, it would be incredibly costly to use it on an aircraft. Could be used to hide antennas for example, and only on a ultra stealth plane/drone.

Shit happens.

This one takes the cake! For someone who spends so much time trying to find new and innovative ways to malign the F-35, one would sure think that you would exercise some bit of understanding and common sense even at a very basic level.

The issues with Canada will be sorted out. If they want an open competition that is at the terms that may end up violating an MOU that they signed earlier, they are happy to do so by withdrawing from one to pursue the other option. The JPO will likely want to protect the integrity of the multi-nation JSF program of which Canada is a very small part. In this case they’ll likely recommend to the DOD that the aircraft not be offered because opening up this box will not be equitable given other partnerships. In that case, Canada and is industry could potentially lose out on Billions of future production and sustainment work for a program that is going to be pumping out more than a thousand aircraft over the next decade compared to others in the running that may not even reach 500 sales over their entire production lifetime. Industrial contribution is no doubt one aspect so these things matter along with others. Honestly, I don’t mind the current Canadian government deciding either way. There are other partners and future offset customers who would be happy to absorb that work over the coming years and decades and the F-35 program does not have a problem of finding the buyers needed to tick the build rate to 150 or more which brings the EOS for affordable procurement as we enter into MYP in the coming years.

I do not maligh the F-35. I criticize the PROGRAM. Maybe sometime i do exaggerate, but there is so much fanboyism around that program that it is needed here.

nevermind… have more important things to do in RL.

Nice MOU

I can read for example

Production of the JSF Air Vehicle, including propulsion systems (both F135 and F136).

but no, RR was f… up, no F136. Too bad for brits.

Actual procurement of JSF Air Vehicles by the Participants will be subject to the Participants’ national laws and regulations and the outcome of the Participants’ national procurement decision-making processes.

Some should write an article on how this MOU was followed…

Btw, where is Canadian PPR?