Can someone please point me to a balanced article on F35?
I see a lot of bashing about stealth, costs and snags, but little with an overall balanced view.
I’m wondering at $100m a pop this is not much more than an F18E now (and when in full prod), but has proper LO which can be maintained, has brilliant SA and sensor suite. Do the speed and agility compromises need to be seen in that context? Would anyone really want an F18 instead? Also from a Uk perspective we make the back end (?) so much of our £bn investment will be seen again in Salmesbury? etc. through the 3000 production run.
I realise it is not all roses but struggle to find articles that bring out some of these positives.
PS What would you - today - rather go and drop some paveway with - Typhoon/F18 or F35?