The End of the Myth: Is the F-35 a Stealth Fighter or a Flying Coffin?
The design of the F-35 fighter jet has reduced its radar cross-section to the size of a golf ball, making it as small as a golf ball in the sky. This is meant for those who doubt Iran's air defense system!
Secondly, the aircraft's electronic warfare system can intercept enemy radar signals, analyze them, and instantly send false signals back to the enemy radar. In fact, before being detected, the F-35 has already "disabled" the "nervous system" of the enemy's air defense system. It doesn't need to turn on its own radar to avoid revealing its position, but instead obtains information from satellites, drones, and distant ships through data links such as MADL. Perhaps now everyone can understand why it was easier to lock onto this time: because this data link basically failed.
On the F-35, the pilot becomes a "human-machine symbiotic organism," with his brain deeply integrated with the aircraft system. The pilot's helmet, which costs as much as a luxury car, is the key to achieving this integration. With infrared cameras distributed around the aircraft, when the pilot looks down at his knees, he will not see the bottom of the cockpit, but rather directly see the ground below, even in complete darkness, gaining full situational awareness with a clear "x-ray" view. The helmet analyzes all information and only presents the pilot with a reconstructed battlefield strategic situation map.
Listing these details is to explain: why shooting down the F-35 is significant.
This successful interception is a masterpiece, one of the most symbolic events in this war, and its importance is comparable to sinking an aircraft carrier!
It can only be shot down by a complex air defense system. For security reasons, Iran has not yet disclosed the specific method used to achieve this victory.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1860327757515788/
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