I didn't want to get pulled into this part of the F-35 debate. Quite simply it costs too much and will cost the USMC too much for it to continue as is. If Lockheed Martin Aviation showed the same sense of urgency it now has at the beginning of the program then things might have worked out differently. As things now stand the MPC, the ACV, probably the JLTV will all vanish from Marine Corps procurement rolls because of this excessively expensive airplane.
The future isn't bright either. Once retirees pull their heads up and realize that tricare costs will increase, the troops see prices rise at the Commissary etc you'll see retirees and vets go the way of the Republican party. Screw the military. They didn't keep their promises to us, so why should we support them now.
Additionally with the massive drawdown in troops (which is different this time because you're dealing with an all volunteer force, not a bunch of draftees that want out anyway) you're going to see Infantry Battalions, and Aviation Squadrons go away. Which mean that in the end we're already headed into the death spiral with this airplane. Anyway it goes fewer will be needed which means that they will cost more which means that the Pentagon will buy fewer...well you get the idea.
But back to the subject of this post. Rear aspect. I am by no means an expert but check this out....
Above you're looking at the various stealth aircraft that have been in service and the F-35. Unless something wonderful and dramatic has happened in the world of stealth then either the term all aspect has been dumbed down or we're seeing an outlier.
The future isn't bright either. Once retirees pull their heads up and realize that tricare costs will increase, the troops see prices rise at the Commissary etc you'll see retirees and vets go the way of the Republican party. Screw the military. They didn't keep their promises to us, so why should we support them now.
Additionally with the massive drawdown in troops (which is different this time because you're dealing with an all volunteer force, not a bunch of draftees that want out anyway) you're going to see Infantry Battalions, and Aviation Squadrons go away. Which mean that in the end we're already headed into the death spiral with this airplane. Anyway it goes fewer will be needed which means that they will cost more which means that the Pentagon will buy fewer...well you get the idea.
But back to the subject of this post. Rear aspect. I am by no means an expert but check this out....
Above you're looking at the various stealth aircraft that have been in service and the F-35. Unless something wonderful and dramatic has happened in the world of stealth then either the term all aspect has been dumbed down or we're seeing an outlier.
