So, the newest F-16 can go faster than 1,500 MPH while the new F-35 can only go just under 1,200 MPH? Seriously? Do we presume the F-16 can run circles around the F-35? And this F-16 is being sold to who else?
The Soviets never sold their first-tier aircraft or tanks to their client states, for exactly that reason: they wanted to be able to kick their asses if it came down to an insurrection.