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cgod · 3481 days ago · link · · parent · post: Test Pilot Admits the F-35 Can’t Dogfight. New stealth fighter is dead meat in an air battle.
That's a good point. Planes do tend to get better over the course of their deployment but I don't know that most weapons systems come out of the gate this much worse and this much more expensive than the previous generation. I'd say one of the big fears of the F-35 is that an endless trough of expense is getting deployed. The program is not doing well at deployment and it's way over budget. because so much hope and money has already gone into it the pentagon will just keep pouring money on it until it's up to snuff.