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Data for: the U.S. military’s F-35 fighter

12 20, the Japanese government formally decided to selected Air Self Defense Force F-35 next-generation main fighter (FX), Ministry of Defense released a report on the same day The scoring of the assessment project assessment results. F-35 stealth with superior performance, versatility and good performance, funding, maintenance and other indicators were the highest score, with “overwhelming advantage” over competitors F/A-18 and “Typhoon” fighters. It is reported that Japan plans to introduce 42 F-35A fighter aircraft to replace aging F-4EJ fighters, and equip two squadrons.

for the performance of the F-35, Japan’s Ministry of Defense and Air Self Defense Force feels that, “The aircraft has full stealth performance, quick and accurate integration of ground radar and the ‘Aegis’ ships of the intelligence , and promptly communicated to the pilot, can build a comprehensive system of combat power, with very good performance. “According to reports, the U.S. Government has made clear that the Japanese government, sold to the Japanese F-35 can be an exception to the United States other than R & D countries show related stealth technology, aircraft parts and components to allow some domestic production in Japan.

in Japan, approved the purchase of F-35 A week later, that is, December 27, the Japanese government agreed to relax substantially based on the “three principles of arms exports,” the embargo, to allow participation in international joint research and development and production of weapons provide equipment for humanitarian purposes. This is a coincidence, it is inevitable. Reuters believes that arms export policy relaxation, may be Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will participate in the F-35′s R & D project the green light.

F-35 can be delivered as scheduled?

F-35 F-22A, following the United States after the development of yet another fifth generation fighter aircraft, U.S. Air Force combat aircraft performance second only to that F-22A, and will be 2040 before the world one of the most important multi-role fighters. In today’s national main fighter, the Air Force’s F-22 can be said to stand out, but the high price it produced only 187 would have to shut down production lines. The United States as the world’s number one military power, not only for advanced aircraft quality requirements, the number of how many have a direct impact on the overall operational efficiency. “Level with” strategy from the beginning of the 1970s is considered to be a highly effective combination, F-15 and F-16 until today is still an effective mix. This is exactly the F-35 project in mind where. The face of rising cost of aircraft development cost limitations and the defense forces, the U.S. Defense Department has been working to find a low life-cycle cost is reasonable, and three different military services to meet the design requirements. F-35 program described bright future, making it the date of birth, became the Air Force a lot of people’s minds to solve the problem of future medicine.

stealth combat aircraft of the Air Force is pursued by all countries, “before the enemy discovered that the first enemy attack” is a key determinant of future air battle. For the F-35 project, as the next generation after the United States the main F-22 fighter jets, a high degree of stealth as the main technical indicators. This is the final choice of Japan Air Self Defense Force F-35 as a key reason for the next generation of fighter aircraft.

F-35 fighter project was called the “master” work, included in the design of aircraft conventional takeoff and landing (F-35A), short takeoff and vertical landing (F-35B) and carrier-based (F-35C) in three different models, including the tasks to be performed into the air from the traditional close air support, battlefield covered in depth as well as attack. This revolutionary design makes airplane parts commonality greatly improved, can effectively reduce the aircraft’s long-term maintenance costs, and the U.S. is a cross-age in terms of significance. But such stringent requirements for the F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin company, but it is not a small challenge. Strong industrial base for the U.S. aerospace industry provides a powerful support, even so, F-35 project development work is tortuous, three models in the test process are problematic, while soaring price, delivery date is dragged on.

F-35 program of repeated delays, the purchase price of a sky-rocketing makes the project participants including the United States quite dissatisfied with the threat of some countries to reduce or even cancel the order. In fact, so far, only the F-35 Air Force F-35A model delivered to the Air Force a small amount. According to reports, the small amount of F-35A was delivered did not complete all of the pilot project “premature children.” For the outside world generally concerned about the early four F-35 can be delivered as scheduled in 2016 in Japan, the Japanese defense ministry’s attitude was “if compliance is not possible to cancel the contract.” F-35 development as the main body of the U.S. company Lockheed Martin has repeatedly stressed that to achieve the agreed delivery period, “confidence”, but has been delayed several times led to the development progress of their confidence in the purchaser is an indisputable fact.

F-35 will weaken the strength of Japan’s air defense?

back in Japan before the decision to purchase F-35, had tried to purchase the same in the United States Lockheed Martin F-22, but the U.S. Congress to F-22 stealth technology, a high degree of confidentiality by the, has repeatedly rejected Japan’s purchase request. Visible, although Uncle Sam

often show poor posture, on the key issues of principle, still be able to resist the temptation of money. Why Japanese favorite F-22, the first F-22 as the most powerful double heavy fighter, F-35 combat effectiveness higher than the length, more importantly, F-22 early in the design is defined as one kind of air superiority fighter, responsible for the battlefield to win air superiority. In contrast, F-35 is more focused on combat capability, F-35′s thrust-weight ratio is less than a whole can not achieve supersonic cruise, the face of such technical indicators, it is difficult to imagine that it can be effective against such Russian T -50 like the fifth-generation fighter. The lack of air superiority performance, as a national policy for the territorial defense of Japan, had to be a serious shortcoming.

from the United States sold to Japan in the last century, the F-15 point of view, F-35 ground attack capability is likely to be weakened. Relative to the Japanese introduced the F-15 situation, when the F-35 in Japan quantities of equipment, it is hard with neighboring countries to form an effective “generation gap”, which is the Japanese media often complain about. For Japan, the air defense fighters and rapid interception capabilities of the combat is more important than to look at the current pace of technological development,

future F-35 on the battlefield may not be in the “first found the enemy, before the enemy attack “on an absolute advantage. From another perspective, but also the weakening of Japan’s air defense capability.

According to the “Yomiuri Shimbun” reported that Japan chose the F-35 stealth reasons, including its high level of information and Internet features. In accordance with Japan’s current defense strategy, talk-to-ground strike missions is a taboo, but the F-35 is another key advantage of stealth technology in the face of asymmetric high-penetration ability. In the past, F-4 air-borne Japanese main task of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 can effectively ensure the future of Japan’s air superiority, now appears to be a debatable topic.

fact, the Japanese F-35 is not really choose. “Wall Street Journal” published an article, there are Western experts believe that Japan chose F-35 is under U.S. pressure. With “Jane’s Defense Weekly,” analyst James Hardy’s words, “The United States is Japan’s defense and security partners, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force from the 1970s onwards has been equipped with US-made fighters”, the implication: present and future are not exception.

future of Japan’s aviation industry geometry?

the final plan in accordance with the Japanese will buy 42 F-35, to replace aging US-made F-4 fighters. Delivered in 2016 in which four of funds in fiscal year 2012 Budget request. Each aircraft costs about $ 114 million, plus spare parts, price $ 127 million.

some of Japan’s Kyodo news agency quoted Japanese officials as saying that all 42 fighters 20 years procurement, maintenance and use of total cost, estimated at $ 20,570,000,000. Of course, Japan does not rule out the additional F-35 orders possible, because the Japanese Self-Defense Force fleet of US-made F-15 fighters have been in service for over 30 years, plans to retire after 2020, so the F-35 purchase may also want to increase the number of subsequent . Japan Air Self Defense Force 362 existing aircraft, including US-made F-15, F-4 and made F-2.

Japan Air Self Defense Force next-generation fighter finally Whispering U.S. Lockheed Martin, although outside the F-35′s operational performance and development progress rather doubt, but Japan chose F-35 seems to have no suspense. “Japan-US alliance is the cornerstone of its foreign policy,” this sentence has been widely recognized in Japan since World War II Japan’s political, economic, diplomatic, and military-round the side of the United States, especially in the aviation equipment, the more bulk purchase US-made equipment, Even the Japanese claim that self-developed F-2 fighter jets have been seen as the F-16 “plus fat version.”

World War II, the Japanese aviation industry by the United States to be completely avoided for a long period of time,

or even aircraft. Later, with the growing Cold War confrontation, the United States began selling to Japan and the like, such as F-15 advanced fighter aircraft, and allow Japan to authorize production of the aviation industry. For a long time, Japan does not have independent R & D production aircraft completed the whole process, the key to grasp the core technology is still in the hands of the United States, with such a “handle”, F-35 final bid is reasonable.

F-35 project dragged into the most expensive from most expensive fighter aircraft, and even foreign media called it the world’s largest “fishing project”, seems to be in the “gambling” . However, the subsequent relaxation of Japan’s arms export policy of substantial news has been unable to “display their fists” of Japan’s major arms dealers hit a shot in the arm. Some commentators believe that Japan’s machinery and electronics industries have very advanced technology, such as Japan’s competitiveness can easily open the international market, and even F-35 may be involved in follow-up research and development process. Relax arms export policy and international technical cooperation of Japan’s military procurement to reduce costs and increase the number of arms purchases, boosting Japan’s military will have a significant effect.

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