>>512945346
>it’s designed to drop glide bombs outside enemy anti-air range.
A faster jet would do it better unfortunately.
So if we take the F-15 as an example, it can fly ~5000 meters or 15K ft higher (tops out at 65kft instead of 50kft) and 1 mach faster than the F-35.
Even though there will be some kinetic punishment for the external payload, we are still talking about bombs that will be released from 30% higher altitude and 33-67% faster.
In both cases they will be detected and engaged at the same distance by SAMs, but which will do the long drop outside of enemy engagement range better?
Not to mention that the F-15 just mogs the F-35 in terms of range, payload, envelope and sex appeal.
Esp when considering alternatives like the Silent Eagle.
>>512945242
>Blumpf really wrote Leningrad instead of St. Petersburg
Maybe he was talking about the band?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-CnWwbeetE