@B1B_Lancer@MCCCANM Then it’s a judgement call. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. They could have done the same thing 500’ away from the shore and it would have been just as cool. Reducing your margin of error unnecessarily is usually a poor choice.
Images of the jet captured since its unveiling show it is not equipped with some of the same missile detection and countermeasure systems as the older jets.
One expert that the AP spoke with noted that, overall, the new jet was better suited to only work as a domestic aircraft.
@TomcatJunkie@HLC_actual I don’t know enough about missiles but I always thought it was interesting they used a Sidewinder. I figured that at 60,000 ft, a floating balloon wouldn’t have much of a heat signature.