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The redesign of the F-35 cockpit is going to include touchscreens[0]. I agree that I would prefer physical knobs/dials/buttons to a touch screen but it looks l

• deathtrap 7y ago
  Holy shit. The F-35 is now officially a disposable death trap. I might have defended the concept of a versatile supersonic stealth VTOL, years ago. But military systems should possess degrees of mechanical redundancy. If you're sitting inside an airframe that's 100% fly by wire, and the glass cockpit is all touchscreens, you have to figure there's no expectation that despite the price tag, they are viewed as disposable and most likely not equipped to survive electromagnetic pulses. Any pilot can only trust that they're a passenger in a drone with a bubble dome, and little else.