alt Hacker News> so the trade off of choosing not to buy F35s is very real
Amazing planes and all, but given that America is struggling to win the wars it starts, how useful are they?
> so the trade off of choosing not to buy F35s is very real
Amazing planes and all, but given that America is struggling to win the wars it starts, how useful are they?
You can't win a war with air superiority alone, but it's tough to win one after ceding the sky.
Necessary but not sufficient.