This is hot due to the
perishability of the story from the source, in this case JANE's which is
notorious for removing these stories after a month or so, unless you're a paying subscriber.
You don't have to be a clairvoyant to not to be "
able to read between the lines" here. The
F-35 program has suffered what I see as a major setback in that the decision to go to
full rate production has been pushed back until
DEC 2020 or
JAN 2021. That being said
IOC probably won't occur until
mid-2021 and
FOC
to
late-2021 or
mid-2022 earliest.
We can no longer ignore what's happening in the "
RL/or RW" and need to reconsider all the
START dates for these Jets. The following from
JANE's...
"
Key Points
The Pentagon is pushing back its F-35 full-rate production decision by more than a year owing to issues with Joint Simulation Environment progress
The facility is required to perform high-end threats that cannot be replicated in an open-air range"
It has to fully understood that "
full rate production" is the "
milestone/or key stone" event that leads to
IOC/OPEVAL & FOC, the termology might differ a little by country or service but, if it's in the Air, on Land or on the Surface or Under the Ocean, this is the pathway.
To be sure there are other issues
DID posts on them continuously every contract event is a continuation of fixing problems and updating systems.
These mean delays-period.
https://www.janes.com/article/92039/...n-by-13-months
https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com...m-edit-037947/
So far I can find
JANE's is the first to report on this from the Defense Industry side the article is from this past Friday.
All we're doing in Syria and Europe is "
OPEVALING" these Jets much as I'll be showing the same thing for the
SU-57 later this week.
I know I've been "
very vocal" about the F-35 pretty much from the start.
Also I know that everyone who's been involved with these games in a more direct fashion has the players and the games interests in mind
So this is where I stand...
This is no better then having tanks in OOB's that aren't there yet.
But to be clear, this next is
representative of who I work for here doing this work. From
Post #885 referring to
Posts #879 & #884 concerning Indian MBT submissions for this last Patch in the
MBT Thread.
"RC4
Corporal
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Portugal
Posts: 54
Thanks: 9
Thanked 28 Times in 25 Posts
Re: MBT's
Thank you, there is a lot of work to be done in the ORBAT issues.
I dont have much time to help, if I would it would take some 3 months to give information.
Its disapointing to play a Pakistan-India scenario and lost to India with weapons they dont have.
Thanks"
And for the others that have asked me to look into equipment across the world over the years or just play the game.
This why I haven't walked away from the game or else it's likely when the "
crap hit the fan" awhile back including this year and as it sometimes still does, I would've been long gone.
You have to have a purpose for ANYTHING you do in life, if not. you're wasting your time!!
I just wanted to be "
crystal clear" on this controversial topic for everyone to understand, where I'm coming from.
I'm going to spend sometime with the Daughters family before they leave early in the morning. And I have to replace my
70K tires with only
37K on them in the morning.
John since you couldn't get me my
JANE's yearly subscription, how about paying for my new tires!?! It'd be at least
$1500.00 cheaper!!! And they did give me a real good price!!
"
You Mugs" have a Good whatever it is wherever you are!
Regards,
Pat
