KillingTimeItself

it’s an interesting time to be alive in, that’s for sure.

if you’re of Russian descent, i can understand the concept of just, forgetting about certain problems, they were notorious for that one.

But i can assure you, the F35 has the ability to make up for those downfalls, it’s like you said, a trade off. You trade stealth and maneuverability for additional hardware and functionality, it’s a fighter positioned for a different role in modern warfare, it’s not meant to solely defend itself, it’s meant to be a functional piece of a military force.

The F22 can take on multiple F35s at the same time and smoke 'em.

The F22 is also an incredibly capable fighter jet, even more so than the extremely capable f15/f16 that’s been around for damn near ever. In fact, the F22 and F35 are probably supposed to work together, rather than separately. The F35 covers roles the F22 cannot, the F22 covers roles the F35 cannot, it’s the basis of most military strategy.

I’m guessing the F22 is beating the F35 specifically in dog fighting, a task it’s literally not meant for. Given that it’s also a recent addition to the fleet, it’s not uncommon for the military to put new tech in all kinds of weird situations to battle test it, ensure that it can do what it should, and to (this is really important) understand it’s weaknesses in the event that it becomes relevant.

Interestingly enough, the fact that the F35 carries weapons at all is pretty impressive, given it’s technical feats.

They’re not more likely to have clout or death squads (of their own, at least) than other major industries of comparable size and importance, and everything is structured in such a compartmentalized way that they couldn’t really leverage that against the government if they actually wanted to throw down.

now if they have influence over the military… That’s what starts coups.

because that’s the entire crux of NATO, the post war world, and most of the military stability that currently exists throughout the western world, and beyond.

Who knows what happens after this point.

presumably NATO could group up, and vote to kick a country out of NATO, i assume this would be one of those cases, if they really caused trouble.

that was also the logic that lead to russia thinking they could beat ukraine, uh, didn’t work.

it’s trash, if you ignore literally everything it’s good at, which is basically everything it’s designed for.

Turns out cars aren’t very good at crossing the ocean. Who would’ve thunk a fighter jet not designed for dogfighting wouldn’t be designed to dogfight. Truly a baffling conundrum.

By all metrics available, the F35 is literally the most capable jet in existence, it’s technological capabilities are literally unmatched.

America has shown it wants Donald or a Donald substitute.

well they also voted for kennedy, and they still killed him, assuming that’s how that works.

Other countries changing military suppliers isn’t going to change back to america for 10-15 years (hell, maybe even longer, I dunno what the service life of a jet platform is).

Other countries changing military suppliers isn’t going to change back to america for 10-15 years (hell, maybe even longer, I dunno what the service life of a jet platform is).

the service life of the f16 has been like forever, i think it’s been close to like 70 years now? Hell of a modernization in between then and now, similar story with the f22, although it’s quite a bit newer. Military equipment doesn’t really have a service life, it’s more so an effectiveness constant.

well you’ve got like, two options.

One of them is the swedes, and uh, it’s not bad, the other is uh checks notes hm, well you’ve got the swedes at least.

Edit: not the swiss, i confuse the two, they’re both european, don’t @ me.

we really do need a default option for “fuck off im not voting”