Whatever one thinks about F35 capabilities, it's a massive successful export program that's ensnared / locked in dependencies all over the world. Of course that

Whatever one thinks about F35 capabilities, it's a massive successful export program that's ensnared / locked in dependencies all over the world. Of course that's dramatically undermined the second a F-35 gets shot down with Russian/PRC missile tech. Which will then be proliferated everywhere. Who knows the entire platform could have been "cracked" already and majority of operators (read western world) are sitting on duds. There's something to be said about diversity, especially in defense.