Royal Navy submarines and special forces
in underwater race against Russians to
recover crashed £100m F-35 fighter jet
with top secret stealth technology from
the bottom of the Mediterranean
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Mark Nicol
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
11/17/2021 6:04:52 PM
Royal Navy submarines and special forces are in an underwater scramble against the Russians to recover a crashed £100million jet with top secret technology from the bottom of the Mediterranean.
An RAF pilot was forced to eject from his ditched F-35B Lightning as it ditched into the sea soon after taking off on 'routine exercise' from the Navy's flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.
By plunging into international waters, the crash triggered a race to find the next-generation jet from the sea bed before it could be reached by Russia. The operation, shrouded in secrecy, is understood to involve divers and miniature submarines. The aircraft was located
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DVC 11/17/2021 6:07:45 PM (No. 980874)
I have a relative who flies the F-35B.....let's hope that there isn't a flleet-wide issue.
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Could be a single engine flameout, #1. I am not a fan of single engine carrier based aircraft because of this very thing.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
DVC 11/17/2021 6:20:49 PM (No. 980891)
Re: #2. There has long been a USN requirement to have two engines, and more than a few VERY expensive aircraft, and irreplacable crews were saved by it.
I have two personal friends who managed to ride a battle damaged Phantom back to safety, for example. And another who landed a Tomcat successfully after shutting down one failing engine.
Single engine blue water ops is not too smart, frankly.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Starlifter Nav 11/17/2021 6:42:40 PM (No. 980918)
The Brit writers drive me nuts. An aircraft does not "ditch". A pilot may elect to ditch his aircraft, intentionally landing on the water's surface - if he has no other options. If he elects to punch out, as this chap did, he'll do so long before the aircraft is in the water.
If they only had some knowledge of the things they try to write about...
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bad-hair 11/17/2021 6:54:24 PM (No. 980930)
Easy fix. Just got to Bagram and buy a couple from the Taliban. Thanx FJB.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 11/17/2021 6:59:14 PM (No. 980933)
Wasn't there a James Bond plot similar to this?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
stablemoney 11/17/2021 7:08:50 PM (No. 980940)
I am sure the socialists in this country, or Great Britain, have already transferred the blueprints to Moscow.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
dickiedeeb 11/17/2021 7:36:29 PM (No. 980952)
The russians will get a good laugh They spent how much on this junk? That can be out fought by a rookie in a 50 year old MIG-21? Dont they max out at maybe 20% readiness since theyre on the ground with permanent software problems? Like Dick Jones with his ED-209... Who cares if it works? I got a military contract! And 25 year software/spare parts contracts! Yeah nothing new under the sun it just gets more retarded Billions is so 90s its all about trillions
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Phantomll 11/17/2021 9:21:07 PM (No. 981013)
F-35s are jet fighters, not "fighter jets"!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 11/17/2021 9:37:18 PM (No. 981021)
You have an amazingly overactive imagination, #8.
Facts are important. Having discussed this aircraft with a USMC pilot with combat experience, he would laugh at your comment.
A MiG-21 would never even be aware that the F-35 that shot him down was even in the battle space. And he's maintenance officer in a F-35 squadron and they have far higher up time than your claim. The stealth coatings are more easily maintained than the F-117 was, and the software is working, and has been for several years. The integrated visual environment witge helmet provides dramatically enhanced situational awareness.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
hershey 11/17/2021 9:38:53 PM (No. 981023)
And they don't equip these things with self destructs??? Why the devil not??? Should have had them on all the Blackhawks and other things Biteme left for the Tally-bann
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
MDConservative 11/17/2021 10:53:18 PM (No. 981053)
An updated James Bond novel plot...
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 11/18/2021 8:29:34 AM (No. 981335)
The Rooskies should just buy a copy of the plans from the Chinamen who have likely already stolen/bought them from us......
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Strike3 11/18/2021 8:32:04 AM (No. 981336)
How do you find a stealth fighter, especially underwater? We once snatched a sunken Russian sub in the Pacific right under their noses by using an ocean exploration ship equipped with cranes. It's all legal in international waters if you get there first.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 11/18/2021 9:43:30 AM (No. 981416)
Steve Doocey should ask Joe Biden about this incident just to hear the answer. Biden wouldn't know because it's 'stealth'. FJB
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It would be cheaper and easier for Russia to simply ask China for the complete set of plans, which the Pentagon let China steal from us.