Comments by "The Esseboy" (@TheEsseboy) on "Not A Pound For Air To Ground" channel.

  1. Imperial units, down vote.
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  2. ​ @Easy-Eight  Well, the radar suite on the F-35 makes a night and day difference when flying sorties over a capable enemy territory, as they can with the radar detect enemy radars, missile launches, fighters etc. way way further out and from more angles compared to the F-16, so having at least one F-35 in the sortie is worth a lot. I am not sure if an aerial early warning aircraft can compensate for that when it is so much further from the front lines. I agree that the F-35 is expensive and hard to justify for many countries, but if you border an enemy that has a large number of air defense systems, then you really need the radar capabilities and the stealth to give you more margin when operating inside enemy territory. For countries who are nestled inside large safe areas like the EU or close to the US, an F-35 as a replacement for all fighters is a waste of money.
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