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The topic of stealth technology in fighter jets, including the F-35's low observable airframe.
Measured on published clean-airframe top speeds, the Gripen E is faster — Saab’s variant is cited at about Mach 2 versus the F-35’s roughly Mach 1.6 — but the real-world answer depends on whether weap...
The JAS 39 is repeatedly characterized in available reporting as a fighter optimized for rapid turnarounds and low-maintenance operations — with published claims of air-to-air combat turnaround routin...
The Gripen E/F offers a modern, highly practical fusion package aimed at making a single-pilot, non‑stealth fighter tactically effective through long Saab experience in systems integration and afforda...
Available public reporting offers claims — largely from enthusiast blogs, forums and trade press — that , F‑35 and bring different strengths to contests with and radars, but there is almost no open, i...
departs from legacy tactical links by pairing high-frequency waveforms with tightly directional, phased‑array antennas to create a low‑probability‑of‑intercept, point‑to‑point data channel optimized f...
Published and community estimates place both the in the “very low” category but disagree on exact magnitudes and how they change by radar band: multiple unclassified sources report frontal X‑band equi...
Typical radar cross section (RCS) values cluster by platform type but vary by design era, viewing aspect and measurement conditions: non‑stealth fighters commonly range from a few to tens of square me...
Clean-airframe drag favors designs that carry weapons internally and have compact, low-friction shapes; the F‑35's internal bays and faceted stealth shaping therefore give it the lowest drag and radar...
The F-35 Lightning II’s commonly reported maximum speed is about Mach 1.6 (roughly 1,200–1,230 mph), a figure repeated by manufacturer materials, industry reporting and aircraft databases . Reporting ...