Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)

JS23 said:
I think that recent events have established Saudi Arabia to be, effectively, a regional defense partner. It’s become obvious that MBS’ number one goal at this point is regional stability, and he’s fallen back on the US and its proxies to provide it even as China and Russia have aligned with Iran. Meanwhile, Turkey is still playing man-in-the-middle. I think that if the question is “would they sell secret access to the F-35”, it seems unlikely that MBS would at this point, but plausible that Erdogan might.

(The corruption aspect helps too, but for MBS and Trumpworld that’s basically just another form of diplomacy, where being included on a scheme is like marrying into the family.)
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Agree with all of this. Even the 'corruption is diplomacy and welcome to the family' part.
 
NMaude said:
What does that acronym mean, please?
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as this is an aviation forum. Dream's acronym likely refers to GTX's favorite aircraft companies, Ilyushin Yak KAI Yakovlev Kamov.

anyways back to F-35 news, did not see this posted yet,,
Massachusetts air national guard gets their first F-35s
 

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The JSF is a decades old program, produced in the thousands, exported all over the world and used in active conflicts.

Anyone that's surprised that other countries (adversaries and allies) compiled massive amounts of intel on it, from construction to material science and performance parameters is very naive. And it's definitely something the AF and LM know as well. That's why aircraft don't remain stagnant over their lifetime.
 
EmoBirb said:
Anyone that's surprised that other countries (adversaries and allies) compiled massive amounts of intel on it, from construction to material science and performance parameters is very naive. And it's definitely something the AF and LM know as well. That's why aircraft don't remain stagnant over their lifetime.
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Just to point out the obvious while adding to your comment:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2103061265421582651
View: https://x.com/Planesandstuffe/status/2103061265421582651?s=20
https://twitter.com/x/status/2103026712426787172
View: https://x.com/stray_helium/status/2103026712426787172?s=20
https://twitter.com/x/status/2102892735024009693
View: https://x.com/Tas1Bora/status/2102892735024009693?s=20
 
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