• Akh@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Frankly, until the grafting stops, not sure anyone should trust US weapons. The f35 got shot down on its first combat mission that was not against a ballon

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      3 days ago

      Stealth isn’t invisibility, much less invincibility.

      Your critique is a plane that isn’t invincible or invisible, was able to be hit by a short range anti-air munition that was able to see it, and therefore visually track it?

      Honestly, this just sounds like you read a lot of RT, or listen to people who do.

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        3 days ago

        It did not fly any combat missions against a military with air defense until this year

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          3 days ago

          Yes it did, over Lebanon, which had Russian S200 air defense systems at the time. Also it has operated over Iran for over a month now.

          Pointing to one indecent where a F-35 stupidly flew low directly over a guy with a manpad isn’t a very good criticism over the aircraft’s capabilities.