> It's extremely expensive to maintain I’m not familiar. What does that involve? Is it maintaining paint or something? > Canada's defensive mission remains i

> It's extremely expensive to maintain I’m not familiar. What does that involve? Is it maintaining paint or something? > Canada's defensive mission remains intercepting supersonic bombers, something the F-35 fundamentally cannot do. Why do you say the F35 cannot intercept a supersonic bomber? Or maybe how are you defining that characteristic? I would think it can just fly out to a range from where it can fire a missile and does not actually have to get up close. > Nor does an Su-27 when it's radar silent and guided by passive EOTS Thanks for sharing that link about the Su. It’s an interesting read but I wonder if there was some malfunction, because they mention restarting warning systems. > It's a very cool plane that is fundamentally useless to countries that are not constantly molesting the borders of other nations. I feel like there is some editorialization in here.