Taxydual
I believe that Easy Street was reffering to the fact that being as high and as fast as you can get your platform affords AMRAAM longer legs. Get high, get fast and shoot first...
If your target is bimbling around subsonic at FL300, that's his bad luck!
With regard to F35, I suspect the RN would be secretly relieved to get the Super Bug if the JSF is binned. The French jet is simply a rush job Typhoon and should not be considered IMHO. Super Bug would give the fleet a very respectable platform for the carriers.
Not the capability of the F35 but is certainly a huge step forward from the FA2.