User blog:SPARTAN 119/Deadliest War Machine: F-35 Lightning II vs Yakovlev Yak-141

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F35 Lighting II
The F35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter is a stealth fighter that exists in conventional, VTOL, and carrier based variants, and is intended to adopted by the US Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps, as well as the British Royal Navy, and the air forces of the countries of Canada, Australia, Italy, The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Isreal, and Singapore. Japan has also shown interest in purchasing F35s. The F35 comes in there models, as conventional take off and landing, a short take off and vertical landing, and a carrier based model. The aircraft is due to enter US service between 2016 and 2018.

Yakovlev Yak 141
The Yak 141 was a Russian prototype VTOL supersonic fighter first designed in the 1970s and first flew in 1987. The aircraft was designed for use by the Soviet Navy on aircraft carriers. In 1991, the Yak 141 made its first vertical landing on a Russian aircraft carrier, however, the aircraft never entered service. =Weapons=

GAU-22/A Equalizer (F-35)
The GAU-22/A is a four barreled version of the GAU-12 25mm gatling gun. The weapon has a rate of fire of 3300 rounds per minute, and has a muzzle velocity of 1040 meters per second when firing high explosive incendiary rounds. The gun has a maximum range of 3660 meters. The F35 carries 180 rounds for the gun.

GSh-301 30mm Autocannon (Yak-141)
The GSh-301 is a 30mm automatic cannon used on Russian fighter aircraft. The gun has a rate of fire of 1500-1800 rounds per minute, and has a muzzle velocity of 860 meters per second. The gun has a range of 1200-1800 meters. The Yak-141 carries 150 rounds for the gun.

AIM-9X Sidewinder
The AIM-9X Sidewinder is a the latest in a line of air-to-air missiles existing in since the 1950s. The AIM-9X has a speed of Mach 2.5 and a range of up 35.4 kilometers, with a minimum range of one kilometer. The AIM-9X missile is uses an infra-red guidance system equipped with systems to defeat infra-red counter measures, and thrust vectoring to increase maneuverability. The missile can be fired "off boresight, at targets to the side of the aircraft, claimed to be up to 90 degrees using a helmet mounted display. The missile has a blast fragmentation warhead.

Vympel R73M1
The Vympel R73M1 air-to-air missile, also known by its NATO reporting name of "AA-8 Aphid" is a Russian-made infra-red guided air-to-air missile capable of striking a target at a range of up to 30 km, flying at a speed of Mach 2.5. The missile has "off-boresight" capability, meaning it can be fired at targets not directly in front of the aircraft.

119's Edge
The F35's 'Sidewinder for its greater range.

AIM-120 AMRAAM
The AIM-120 AMRAAM is a beyond visual range active radar guided missile with a range of up to 72 kilometers. The missile flies at speeds of Mach 4, and does not require further input from the pilot once launched- a "fire and forget" weapon. The AMRAAM carries as blast-fragmentation warhead.

Vympel R77
The Vympel is a Russian missile similar to the AMRAAM. The R77's range varies greatly according to sources. For the purposes of this match in will have a 72 km range like the AMRAAM. The weapon has a flight speed of Mach 4.5. The missile is armed with a fragmentation warhead.

119's Edge
While the R77 is faster, both weapons are well above the maximum speed of the opposing aircraft. Even.

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