Mkuu tafadhali urudi kujisomea kidogo. Dogfight imekwisha?? Sawa haiwi kama zamani. Ila je kwa nini wote wananunua hizi ndege wavindaji (fighter aircraft)??Stealthy against what chief.....Wewe unahitaji stealthy fighter against Su-57 au against air defence raders. Kama its against Su-57 mmepotea. Maana we don't do dog fights in a modern warfare. Ila tukilazimika kufanya tutafanya na su 57 its better off kwenye manuvability kuliko anything from the west.
Uzuri umekiri, lengo ni kupenetrate deep into enemy airspace na kudestroy their defenses na iyo ni wazi kwa Mrusi haiwezekani.
Your stealthy technology behind F35 ni against short wave radars tu...ila mko uchi against long wave radars na ground stationed radas kama NEBO radar.
Pia siku hizi kuna radar picking stations zinazowork as a network. Tutatuma signal kwako, wewe uta zideflect ziende pembeni zisirudi kwangu, ila uko pembeni uliko zideflect zitakuwa picked up na rader receivers, tutaua tu uliko..na tutakutungua asubuhi tu.
Iyo stealthy ya f35 ingekuwa superior, Mturuki asingekuwa na interest ya kununua air defence s400 ya mrusi. Na saivi mnataka kumwondoa kwenye program ta f35 maana mnajua atatoboa siri.
Fighter aircraft are fixed-wing military aircraft designed primarily
for air-to- air combat.
Ndege hizo huwa na rada ili watambue ndege nyingine kwa umbali mkubwa. Kama adui haonekani au ukichelewa kumwona kwa sababu ana stealth - ni faida ya nani?
Kama kusudi la stealth ni "deep penetration" pekee unavyodai - kwa nini nchi zinatumia pesa nyingi kuboresha stealth kwa hizo fighter ambazo haziendi mbali sana?
Jisomee halafu urudi ili tujadiliane.