TOP 5 COMPROMISES IN F 35 VS F 22 HD

TOP 5 COMPROMISES IN F 35 VS F 22 F 22 RAPTOR WAS ENVISAGED IN 1980S AND WAS DESIGNED TO BE AIR DOMINANCE FIGHTER . THE FIRST F 22 WAS DELIVERED IN 2003 BY LOCKHEED MARTIN AND A TOTAL OF 187 WERE PRODUCED. AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION F 22 WAS PULLED OUT FROM PRODUCTION SINCE THE COST WAS TOO HIGH AND WAS CONSIDERED OVERKILL AS RUSSIA AND CHINA WERE FAR BEHIND IN THIS TECHNOLOGY. THE PENTAGON BEGAN THE F-35 PROGRAM IN 2001 WITH AN AIM TO DEVELOP A COST EFFECTIVE REPLACEMENT FOR THE U.S. MILITARY’S F-15 FIGHTERS, F-16 AND F-18 BOMBERS AND RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT AND A-10 CLOSE AIR SUPPORT WARPLANES. APART FROM UNITED STATES,THE PRIMARY CUSTOMER AND FINANCIAL BACKER, THE UNITED KINGDOM, ITALY, THE NETHERLANDS, CANADA, TURKEY, AUSTRALIA, NORWAY AND DENMARK ARE ALSO PART OF THE PROGRAM AND JOINTLY PLAN TO ACQUIRE OVER 3,100 F-35S THROUGH 2035. IF DELIVERED THIS WILL MAKE THE F-35 ONE OF THE MOST NUMEROUS JET FIGHTERS. IN A BID TO MAKE THE F 35 COST EFFECTIVE AND MAKE IT MULTI ROLE, MANY COMPROMISES ARE MADE. HERE ARE THE TOP 5 COMPROMISES WHEN COMPARED TO F 22 RAPTOR TOP SPEED: F 35 HAS TOP SPEED OF 1.6 MACH WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN MOST MODERN FIGHTERS LIKE F 22 OR SU 35 WHICH HAVE TOP SPEED OF 2.2 MACH. THE SPEED IS IMPORTANT MANY ASPECTS LIKE PURSUING AN RIVAL AIRCRAFT , ESCAPING FROM AN RIVAL AIRCRAFT AS WELL AS HIGHER SPEED IMPARTS HIGHER ENERGY TO AIR TO AIR MISSILE SUPER CRUISE AND RANGE: SUPER-CRUISE IS SUSTAINED SUPERSONIC FLIGHT OF AN AIRCRAFT WITHOUT THE USE OF HIGHLY INEFFICIENT AFTERBURNERS. F 35 LACK THE CAPABILITY TO SUPER CRUISE AND IS DEPENDENT ON AFTERBURNERS TO REACH THE TOP SPEED OF 1.6 MACH WHICH LEADS TO VERY HIGH FUEL CONSUMPTION WHICH IN-TURN LEAD TO REDUCED RANGE. F 22 CAN SUPER-CRUISE AT 1.8 MACH . MANEUVERABILITY: F 22 INCORPORATE PITCH-AXIS THRUST VECTORING NOZZLES WITH A RANGE OF ±20 DEGREES. THIS ENABLE SUPER-MANEUVERABILITY MAKING THE AIRCRAFT AN EXCELLENT DOG FIGHTER. F 35 DOES NOT INCORPORATE THRUST VECTORING ALSO WITH FULL FUEL LOAD THRUST/WEIGHT OF F 22 IS 1.08 WHERE OF F 35 IS 0.87. F 35 LACK THRUST VECTORING NOZZLES AND HAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THRUST/WEIGHT RATIO MAKING IT MUCH LESS MANEUVERABLE COMPARED TO F 22. WEAPONS LOAD: IN STEALTH CONFIGURATION, F 35 CAN CARRY WEAPONS IN INTERNAL BAYS ONLY. THE F-35’S INTERNAL CAPACITY IS HALF THAT IS 4 MISSILES VS 8 OF THE F-22’S. THIS MAKES THE AIRCRAFT UNDERARMED IN AIR TO AIR COMBAT SCENARIO. THIS ISSUE WILL BE MORE IMPORTANT SINCE F 35 IS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE ENEMIES WITH LONG RANGE MISSILES IN BVR ENVIRONMENT WHERE PROBABILITY OF KILL IS LOW. BYOND STEALTH: RADAR ARE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING WITH MORE PROCESSING POWER AND ACTIVE ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAY (AESA) ,VERY HIGH FREQUENCY (VHF) RADARS ARE EXTENDING DETECTION RANGES AGAINST RADAR-STEALTHY AIRCRAFT. THESE RADAR ADVANCES ARE ALREADY DEPLOYED IN THE MOST ADVANCED RUSSIAN SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SYSTEMS LIKE S 400. IRST OR INFRA-RED SCAN AND TRACK) SYSTEMS DEPLOYED ON ADVANCED RUSSIA