The F-35 Lightning II that crashed on Tuesday was one of a growing global fleet ...
- The F-35 Lightning II that crashed on Tuesday was one of a growing global fleet of advanced ‘stealth’ aircraft sold to U.S. allies, and the first to be assembled in Japan.
The plane is designed to be fast, but not the fastest; nimble, but not the most nimble. Its main advantages, according to its manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, are being nearly impossible to track with radar, and being packed with advanced sensors and other gear. Other, older aircraft are faster; both the F-16 and F-15, which Japan also flies, can both exceed Mach 2, or twice the speed of sound, according to the Federation of American Scientists.
The Lightning II’s biggest selling point is its ability to evade enemy radar. How stealthy it is, is not public; its radar cross-section - the size it “appears” on a radar scope - is a heavily guarded secret.
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