(09-20-2023, 11:54 AM)727Sky Wrote: The F-35 is a computer controlled fly by wire (no electricity means no control and no fly) aircraft so an electrical fire with its lithium Ion battery could turn the thing into a lawn dart.
It's a stoopid expensive plane. I've not heard anything about its costs being 'worth it'. I've heard grumblings about being arm-twisted into buying it from other countries.
Damn thing sounds like a POS for the price. The recent blurt about its inability to operate in storms made me go, "What?"
I think we all knew a LONG time ago that the F-22 was the air dominance platform. We just couldn't sell it and turn a buck. Unless ... you were a Chinee Engineer with access to the build plans and tech specs ... and a secure line to the PLA.