The F35 was designed for conditions in Ukraine

[Mik]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-f-35-was-designed-precisely-to-fight-and-win-in-the-kind-of-war-happening-in-ukraine-former-test-pilot-says/ar-AAWjzyD?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c466a66112834061951620052c6f5a54

[Jolly]

Which is why the Navy is trying as hard as it can to dump the F-35 in favor of the next generation fighter (currently being tested at Area 51)?

[xenon]

Well - Russia seems to be a bit of a paper tiger. Who else is on the big boy list, China?

Curious who could use this against whom?

[Jolly]

@xenon said in The F35 was designed for conditions in Ukraine:

Well - Russia seems to be a bit of a paper tiger. Who else is on the big boy list, China?

Curious who could use this against whom?

Much of America's Air-Land Battle Doctrine depends on air superiority, and works best with air supremacy. China supposedly has a fifth-generation and the Russians also have one. Neither has the capability of the F-35, but the F-35 does not do well at supersonic speeds, and the Navy needs buster capability for CAP and its backup.

Another problem with the F-35, is the combat load. It is supposed to be a multirole aircraft, but it falls short in the attack role. That's why the Navy has looked at an attack version of the F-15.

For air superiority, you have to be ahead of the technological curve.