Ah, the F-35 disinformation campaign continues. If you read the article you'll see that there is nothing substantiating the claim other than the author connecti

Ah, the F-35 disinformation campaign continues. If you read the article you'll see that there is nothing substantiating the claim other than the author connecting yarn on pegboard. My opinion here is the Air Force recognizes the cost overruns from the program mean they need to make sure the USA's "near peer rivals" (their words) are lulled into a false sense of security, As they won't be able to spend this money again for a good 20 years. China is 12-15 years behind, Russia maybe 3-5. An incredible amount of risk was undertaken in the project. Hopefully the lessons learned make future development much cheaper, as nothing like the aircraft has ever taken to the skies.