From the outside looking in, I ponder whether or not the US has overreached on this project, and on the way managed to suck in a number of their allies a number of whom are expressing or have already expressed doubts about their involvement. It came as a shock to me when Australia announced that they were jumping on the JSF bandwagon. I would have thought with the ever tightening defense budget that they would have opted for a more safer route of buying off the shelf twin engined Gen 4.5 designs (F/A-18E/F, F-15SE, Rafale, Eurofighter) and packed in the latest avionics and weapons systems.
Is Australia likely to be the aggressor in a future conflict? If not, then why does the RAAF need stealth?