And this is probably the fairest F35 assessment I've seen so far and would like to see something like that come from LM, instead of superlatives across the board.
It seems to me that the opinion that LM only dispenses "superlatives across the board" is as much based on assumptions and wild conclusions as the opinions regarding KPPs not being met.
Might do wonders for their credibility and deescalate animosity their
PR developed towards the public, so far.
I doubt that "deescalating animosity" towards the F-35 is possible on this forum. It's been pointed out for some time by multiple forum members and a four star general in charge of the program that the F-35 was designed as an attack aircraft with a "good enough" self defense capability, and
not as an air superiority fighter. Such statements just served to
escalate the animosity on this forum, not deescalate it.