Has anyone improved their opinion of the F-35 since this thread began?
What's the scale?
5 - It works perfectly, destroys everything on the ground and in the air and is untouchable, and anyone who says otherwise is a whiny naysaying Pommy poopie-head.
4 - 5th-GenTM is the future and the US has the $$$$$ to see this thing through, so hang on to the bedpost and remember that it happened to the Queen.
3 - OK, 5th-GenTM is the future, but how much of our current capability do we want to burn to pay for it?
2 - 5th-Gen, schmithGen, what if the other guys are well on the way to negating it with VHF AESA and J-20s to schwack the tankers and HVAAs?
1 - It's a giant LMT/Pentagon plot to make the Western alliance dependent on the MICC for ever and ever, and hang the consequences for national or regional security.