On: F-35: What The Pilots Say

[seldonnn]

You can load one of those puppies up with 22 air to air missiles, have a forward F-35 pass along target information, and light them up from the F-15. One team. F-15 is a missile truck that can go Mach 2.2.

Ask because it goes Mach 2.2 it is probably the only fighter vehicle that can launch a hypersonic glide weapon, at least from what the early generation is likely to look like.

[rurounijones → seldonnn]

It is a bit disengenuous to imply that an F-15 is a "missile truck" that can go mach 2+.

There is no way it will be going anywhere near mach 2 with double rails carrying AIM-120s, let alone 20 of the missiles in total.

[twic → rurounijones]

In an engagement with an S-400, bits of it will probably end up going at mach 2+.

[hongseleco → twic]

Not unless you have EA-18Gs and EC-130s raising the noise floor along with lots of disposable drones cluttering the fire control RADAR. And more missile truck F-16s, F-18s, and F-15s carrying AGM-88s to supress/destroy the RADARs and MALDs to add more clutter and become seductive targets.

[JohnBooty → seldonnn]

So the F-35 becomes like a really really fast AWACS on the front lines? I... don't hate that.

[hongseleco → JohnBooty]

Yes, The F-35 is more like a EA-35.

[emilfihlman → seldonnn]

>F-15 is a missile truck that can go Mach 2.2.

High speed missile truck sounds awfully lot like multi track drifting!