There are still so many IF's involved with this jet, its lack of maneuverability and speed will cost it dearly in visual range encounters against Russias stable of speed demons
And in a real war, there WILL be visual range engagements, all of the F-35s sensors wont do it much good when a bunch of our satellites get taken out
Having said that, such a high-tech weapon with this ability is pretty damn cool, they can stage these "jump jet" variants in all kinds of small, farflung places
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