Apparently there is an explanation for the F-35A accident that happened several years ago. Does anyone know what this says?
SamuraiBlue
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Basically the pilot dropped from an altitude of 37,000 ft to less than 1,000 ft, a total of around 30,500ft in 35sec. in total during an exercise and the radar lost contact at that point in which the plane was dropping faster than 1,100km/h.
The last response from the pilot was at 15,500ft responding to an order to abort the exercise and make a left turn.
The last response from the pilot was at 15,500ft responding to an order to abort the exercise and make a left turn.
The headline might be kinda click baity, but I do feel like this channel is OK.
Although maybe the japanese would be first to deploy 6th-gen if they can reach their stated 2031 date.
Japan is a first rate tech, industrial, and economic power.
Its modern military aviation may not be part of its current forte but if it is the first to make certain breakthroughs that are core to 6th gen fighter technology, there is every chance it could be the first nation to field one.
The problem with that video is that it assumes it will be when there is absolutely zero reason for anyone to assume that Japan has/will hold core 6th gen technology and be the first to develop and implement it successfully.
Its modern military aviation may not be part of its current forte but if it is the first to make certain breakthroughs that are core to 6th gen fighter technology, there is every chance it could be the first nation to field one.
The problem with that video is that it assumes it will be when there is absolutely zero reason for anyone to assume that Japan has/will hold core 6th gen technology and be the first to develop and implement it successfully.
First?
The problem is what we understand by generation, as always.
Apart from advertisement clickbait, there are 3 logical approaches here:
1, technology-based: 2031 aircraft won't really belong to the same generation as a, say, 2006 F-22, unless there is something fundamentally wrong with the capabilities of the country designing it.
There are such approximate "sets of technological solutions", characteristic for generations of aircraft - sometimes they're used(3rd gen), sometimes they for some reasons are just skipped(no one gave to 1990-2000s fighters a generation - when they actually deserve one at least as much as the 3rd gen did).
2, capability-based: aircraft must be so capable, that it literally breaks the world into "before" and "after", i.e. dreadnought moment of sorts(like F-15 did in the mid-1970s). Will Japanese fighter be so advanced to clearly devalue 2020s fighters of other nations?
Maybe? As of now, I am very unsure of it.
3, country-based. Will Japanese fighter represent a clear step up from both F-2 and F-15JSI? Almost 100%.
So, for local air power calculations, it will clearly be a new, 2030s generation. 5th, 6th, or 26th one? Doesn't matter really.
Japan's aviation industry is like the opposite of Chinese and Russian ones, meaning they have excellent capabilities in material science and that they could have access to advanced western components. But their designs are often lacklustre due to political interference from the US or budget constraints or even sometimes bad systemic design to combine everything.