Well, Brat, that's a lot of words to say not very much.
We deal with what is, not with what might have been.
Deep philosophy, dude. Are you disputing my point that effort and resources aren't the sole constituents of excellence, as Fodplod seemed to be saying? Nobody's arguing that Concorde wasn't fast. It was really, really fast and its unrefueled range at supersonic speed has never been bettered. But that didn't make it a
better commercial airplane than an Airbus, because the mission of a commercial airplane is to support itself aerodynamically and economically at the same time.
Capability, with regard to the F-35, is indisputably evident, and not to recognise that is blinkered in the extreme.
The F-35 is delivering some of the capability originally requested - as a stealth bomber with some A2A capability - but if you want a
ing cookie for doing this seven years late and double-digit-billions over budget you don't get it from me.
The F-35 or item in discussion, is, an ongoing presently, in service, piece of military hardware.
To be accurate, or even ongoingly and presently accurate about an item in discussion, whatever that means, it has been declared operational, but not under the criteria in the SDD contract.