The article cites a host western experts and statistics on the readiness levels to support it’s position that the F35 is an overpriced turkey.
Do you have any empirical evidence to counter their position, or is that not needed before labeling the story propaganda?
By definition they conflicted in interest and they are not privy to the actual performance of the F-35 so they have no ice what they are talking about.
Pierre Sprey is a very interesting guy who I respect, but his vision of a next generation fighter does not include installing a radar unit in the aircraft. He proposed the same for the F-16 40 years ago and was laughed out of the room.
His vision is to have thousands of small, low cost and unsophisticated fighters in actions which swamp the enemy but take heavy losses in WWII type air battles.
We actually tried this in the early days of Vietnam and got our clocks cleaned by even the most rudimentary Russian SAMs.
Overpriced is not the same as combat capability - especially with our pilot training. You never know until you HAVE to know.
I’m saying that it reads like propoganda.
“The article cites a host western experts and statistics on the readiness levels”
LOL ! It’s all childish bullshit and you wet your Russian panties straight away.