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"The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter... is not, in fact, stealthy in the eyes of a growing number of Russian and Chinese radars," the Aviation Week recently reported.
The report said the F-35 is not even effective in "jamming enemy radar."
The US Department of Defense is spending "hundreds of billions of dollars" for a "fighter that will need the help of specialized jamming aircraft," the Aviation Week stated in its report.
It said Russian armed forces have been equipped with a "highly counter-stealth radar system" - unveiled at an air show near Moscow in August 2013 - that is able to "track small targets."
The US Department of Defense waived laws in January that ban the use of Chinese-made components on US weapons, including on F-35 warplanes.
Production of the F-35 military aircraft has faced technical issues, cost overruns and delays.
Some experts say flaws in the F-35 fuel tank and fueldraulic systems have left it even more vulnerable to lightning strikes and other fire sources including enemy fire.
Reader Comments
If the military/industrial complex (As Dwight Eisenhower named them) keep this sort of thing up the US Defense industry will bankrupt the US, thus solving the US warmongering problem. Tough about the schools (which are already falling behind most other developed countries) - how do you get to vote these right-wingers out though, and stop all this crap?
They run the Nation, cost over runs mean nothing to them. Like the Nazi's they put weapons into the field that are to complex to offer a real advantage to the armed forces. They just piss the wealth of this Nation away. Take a look at the current condition of the roads, yet they pour money down the rabbit hole. To produce a platform that the military does not want...