Originally Posted by KenV
Did you folks notice that close-in dog fighting is not on his list? But "penetrating any set of defenses" IS on his list? Was F-35 designed to do the former, or the latter? The latter you say? Then why all the handwringing about the F-35s close-in dog fight capability?
This is some kind of false dichotomy it's not 1 or the other, it's more like the former (WVR-fighting) is a necessary part of of the latter (penetration capabilities).