Could you ask him to call me? losartan hidroclorotiazida precio patente Charlieâs question resonates with others in the aerospace community who argue that stealth may actually inhibit the Marinesâ ability to carry out their primary mission: close air support. To remain low-observableâmilitary-speak for stealthyâthe F-35 must carry fuel and ordnance internally. That, in turn, impacts how long it can loiter over the battlefield (not exactly a stealthy tactic to begin with) and how much weaponry it can deploy in support of Marines below. Consider this: the air forceâs non-stealthy A-10 Thunderbolt IIâa close-air-support aircraft that the Marines routinely call upon and which the F-35 is replacingâcan carry 16,000 pounds worth of weapons and ordnance, including general-purpose bombs, cluster bombs, laser-guided bombs, wind-corrected munitions, AGM-65 Maverick and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, rockets, and illumination flares. It also has a 30-mm. GAU-8/A Gatling gun, capable of firing 3,900 rounds a minute.
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