The program has definitely had issues but the F-35 is a very effective aircraft
AFAIK it’s essentially untested. The only way to test it would be to use it in a real shooting war against an enemy who can shoot back. The war in Ukraine has showed that a lot of assumptions about how a war would play out are wrong. It may be that the F-35 can be defeated by a few $500 drones, and is essentially useless in a war.
AFAIK it’s essentially untested. The only way to test it would be to use it in a real shooting war against an enemy who can shoot back. The war in Ukraine has showed that a lot of assumptions about how a war would play out are wrong. It may be that the F-35 can be defeated by a few $500 drones, and is essentially useless in a war.