the redesign was 2005 and I'm sure they ran the numbers and entered the right data, as was said its the 9 top air forces in the world that are running the sims, it's not LM locked in a cupboard making up numbers
Once again, you're missing the argument entirely. The point that is being made is that these figures are still representative of a specification that is yet to be achieved, irrespective of whether they were from 2001 or 2005; the argument remains that these are simulated exercises based on capabilities that still have to be integrated into the aircraft, and given its test history and the comments coming from people in the know, that integration is going to be challenging to say the least. The day a lonesome F35 goes head to head with 6 baddies and kills them all, I will happily eat my words. But right now, I'm pretty confident I won't be doing that.