Why would China even want the F-35?
Of course maybe the parts are far greater than the sum.
Well, China has a history of stealing blueprints on US military aircraft and making their own copies. Sometimes the shape is exactly the same, too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-31
This is their knock-off of the F-35 after they stole some of the plans.
They want an F 35 because as far as combat jets go it is the unopposed king of air superiority by a massive margin and currently no country really has an answer to it.
The F-35 is a pos remor is false. It just had teething issues like any new technology. Atm its the best multirole craft in the world.
Not only the F-35 is actually a great weapon, having more intel about said weapon also makes it easier to deal with it.
It's development has been very rocky, which is why I think most people think the plane itself is less than what it is.
And it really has had a very rocky development phase, going way over budget and missing deadlines constantly
With that said though, it is the best multirole aircraft that's ever been built and likely will hold that title for a few years to come at least.
People don't understand how R&D works.
even people in R&D don't understand how R&D works.
Nobody fucking understands how R&D works
Reminder that the F-16 was nicknamed "lawn dart" during development.
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