really... your throwing this me before Ive finished my first cup of coffee.
thats just low.
however I still think that the article itself is grossly misleading as full weapons testing and loadout were still being developed in 2008.
Additionally, we get this report from Ares, over at Aviation Week, which notes that the standard config in which the JSF will be flown includes only 2 AAMs, so if the enemy send up 4 fighters, you get a chance to test your getaway speed...
o'rly...

right there are 4 AMRAAMs and a 2000 lb JDAM. take out the JDAM and youve got 6 AMRAAMs carried internally. the loadout depends on the mission and there are no absolutes that come to the top of my head at the moment.
So we think it does, in fact, carry 2 AAMs, 2 air-to-ground bombs, and bunch of rounds in a cannon, plus whatever performance-impeding weapons can be bolted on outside. Not great. After all, having a "fighter" that can't fight isn't that useful.
so you want to go for a pure air dominance role to augment F-22? ok, how do 14 AMRAAMs work for you?


Great. 9g, huh? Comforting to know that we can crush our pilots to death faster and more efficiently than other aircraft, while turning at the same rate.
evidently the author isnt familiar with G-suits or the face that 9 g's is pretty much the limit on any airframe due to the pilots.
I guess that's fine if we're fighting legacy aircraft. But unless the Americans are strafing Aruba and facing the Dutch fleet of F16s, we might want to worry less about legacy aircraft and more about what's coming next.
sounds pretty bad until you realize that legacy aircraft include Su-30s, F-15s, Typhoons, Mig-29s and everything 4th generation and below. the fact that no one is building 5th generation aircraft except us nor can they due to cost and technology should be pointed out.
now having said all of that Im much much much less of a fan of this plane then I used to be. most of my issues with it come from the development side of the project. the US military is not letting this plane develop at a natural pace and thats loading a ton of cost on the front end of the project and leading to delay after delay. what this means is that they want the final version first which is just stupid. Im also not a huge fan of the VTOL version. I think its a waste of time and money for a variant that will be used by very few people. if the Marines want close air support then buy them lots of Longbow Apaches.