Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Is American Air Power On The Verge of Collapse? -- A Commentary

F-16B & X-35 (Photo from Defense Industry Daily)

From The Dew Line:

Defpro.com, a wonderful networking site for defense industry types, has the most remarkable commentary today. The headline is phrased politely as a question, but the text is a stinging and informed argument against the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. There have been many arguments against the multi-national jet -- with few public rebuttals from its muzzled supporters, who don't wish to the dilute their F-22 argument -- but few have had the rhetorical strength and factual analysis as this piece.

I've tried various ways to excerpt certain portions, but gave up. I encourage you to visit defpro's web site to read the commentary there, but I've also pasted it below to jump-start a discussion here.

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My Comment: A biting commentary that deserves to be read.

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