[quote][b][url=/v3/forum/%C3%A9tats-unis-31/topic/croyez-vous-au-programme-jsf-144/?post=23043#post-23043]rafighter[/url] a dit le 01/05/2008 à 09:38 :[/b]

[quote]Australia's new Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) combat aircraft could be vulnerable to a Russian radar technology which appears to overcome their key stealth advantage, a defence analyst has warned. Dr Carlo Kopp, an analyst with the defence think tank Air Power Australia, says the risk was demonstrated almost a decade ago when Serbian air defences shot down a US F-117A Nighthawk stealth aircraft. That wake-up call evidently was not heeded in the west, he said. But the Australian Defence Force says stealth technology has advanced significantly since the Nighthawk and JSF will be very stealthy, even against the new Russian radars. Under present plans, the RAAF is set to buy 100 of the Lockheed F-35 JSF which will enter service around the middle of 2016 and serve as Australia's principal combat aircraft to mid-century.JSF is a very advanced combat aircraft specifically designed to be virtually invisible to radar...

http://news.theage.com.au/jsf-at-risk-from-new-russian-radars/20080501-29yn.html[/quote][/quote]