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I agree - it is more modern than anything the USAF has, except F22 and B2, but that doesn't make it the right course to take. Half the reason F35 is in such difficulties (and Tiffie for that matter) is that unless you exercise the design and build element of complex weapon system production, you'll lose it - and it costs the devil to get it back.
If Mr Putin wasn't sitting on an energy monopoly, MAK50 would never have happened at all, and it took long enough. Applies across the board - ships, aircraft.....new tanks are going to be really amusing.
F35 is the classic example of, the lowest cost option ain't necessarily the most cost-effective.