The fact that F-35s are built to do everything means no one knows what their exact uses are. From what I’ve seen recently it seems they’re only good as a stealth missile platform. Penetrate enemy air defenses and do a massive precision strike.
TBF, Russia and china’s focus on hyper-mobility and interception seems to be even more behind the curve.
Building fighters in the age of drones feels like deciding we need a domestic battleship program.
Everyone knows trebuchets are the ultimate weapon and that everything else is overkill.
You can do anything with a trebuchet.
The fact that F-35s are built to do everything means no one knows what their exact uses are. From what I’ve seen recently it seems they’re only good as a stealth missile platform. Penetrate enemy air defenses and do a massive precision strike.
TBF, Russia and china’s focus on hyper-mobility and interception seems to be even more behind the curve.
Russia just got a whole bunch of learning, at the cost of a million dead.