The point is as follows.
1. The USN has accepted that the JSF internal jammer will be incapable of meeting the Day 1 threat by 2020 (prior to IOC) and that the NGJ is required to provide EW cover to penetrate enemy defences.
NGJ won't be available till well after 2020, so I really don't know what your point is
It seems by statements made that the partners are happy with the EW and in the article there is no mention of escort jamming the f-35, it's just your imagination, Australia has purchased the Growler and will be the only other to have the NGJ at this stage...it wasn't bought to escort f-35's...there is a reason you don't send emitting 4th gen AC with stealth planes on deep strike
3. Any partner nation not buying/ being allowed to buy the NGJ loses the Day 1 capability rendering the stealth aspects of the JSF of little or nugatory value.
nonsense
It would be interesting to compare the cost and capability of a mixed F/A-18G + F/A-18E fleet versus an 18G/JSF and, for other partners such as the Dutch, Turks etc a Rafale/Typhoon/F-15E force fitted with NGJ for self protection.
there is no way the rafale will get a NGJ, the french has burnt that bridge to us tech years ago, IMO Israel and japan would be suspect too.
The future may include the NGJ on UAV's being used to escort jam with the f-35, but it doesn't seem to be a requirement
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susanlikescats, if china kicks off, it will be a coalition of forces