Over a few years, the American press reports the failures of the F-35 Lightning II fighter fighter fighter programs, which is not true and is disinformation, writes The National Interest.
According to the magazine, the aircraft is not considered serially produced only formally. “The reason why F-35 was not officially enrolled in full-scale production, it is that it requires him to successfully work against Chinese and Russian (probably mean, in particular, SU-35 and SU-57 – approx. . “Trent.ru”) fighters in a complex simulation conducted by the Government, “says the magazine.
According to the publication, delays in the completion of all the simulation tests are provoked by the authorities, and not the F-35 Lightning II themselves. One of the reasons for tightening in the implementation of simulation tests in the publication is called a global pandemic COVID-19.
Magazine reminds that currently Lockheed Martin produced over 600 F-35 Lightning II aircraft, and the cost of developing and producing 2470 such fighters is 398 Millard dollars, most of which have not yet been spent.
“The only real problem with which today is encountered by one-door F-35, is that its exploitation is as much as the two-link F-15 remaining after the Cold War,” the publication assures.
According to the magazine, the F-35 Lightning II, “he has already proven that he is more deadly, universal and alive than any previous fighter,” and the aircraft of the Cold War “will not confront the fighters that Russia and China come today” .
In March, General Richard Dannat, in 2006-2009, headed by the General Staff of the Armed Forces (Sun) of the United Kingdom, said that the fifth generation fighter of a shortened takeoff and vertical landing F-35B Lightning II ruins the Ministry of Defense.
In January, Christopher Miller, taking an acting minister of defense of the United States, called the program of creating F-35 Lightning II piece of shit.