Joint Strike Fighter Not So Stealthy Afterall!

Posted on: Mar. 13th, 2006 || Source: smh.com.au | E-mail Article | Print Article

Dispite repeated denials by both Lockheed and the Pentagon, the F-25 Joint Strike Fighter is less stealthty than previously claimed.

THE ability of Australia's new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to evade detection and enemy attack has been substantially downgraded by the US Defence Department.

And a Liberal MP and former senior defence analyst, Dennis Jensen, warns that the fighters - at $15 billion the most expensive defence purchase in Australia's history - will be unable to maintain air combat dominance.

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