Fair enough, but how does that help, say, Danemark in light of recent Russian threats?
Why would they need a stealth strike aircraft, when they face a tac.nuclear threat?
If they truly face a nuke threat, no fighter is going to make much of a difference. Basically, the only defense against any nuclear threat is certain nuclear retaliation. The Danes would need to become a nuclear power with their own nuclear deterrence. If so a stealthy jet would make an excellent delivery platform. Their other option is to rely on an alliance partner (perhaps like NATO) to provide the deterrence. Perhaps with a stealthy jet delivery platform.
JSF was supposed to equalize or outclass partners' F16s in all aspects, including flight performance and cost.
Is the ability to "outclass" F-16 in a close-in dogfight a KPP, or an assumption? As a reminder, previous posts in this thread have made very clear the F-35 kinematic performance was NOT a KPP.
As for cost, you have to look at total cost to the nation. Plenty of Dane companies are doing work on, and making money on, and employing workers on, the F-35 program. In the overall scheme of things, the Danes may be coming out ahead finance wise.