We live in a corporate world where corporations have learned the value of "pawning" public opinion. Thus corporations have entire subdivisions committed to doing so as well as owning many news outlets they lean on to alter and control the public mind set. We arent as "free" as we think we are and its far easier to do then you can imagine.
I mean look at Boeing now and there campaign to keep the F-18 Growler line up and running. Imagine the $$$ they are spending to demonize and belittle the F35 in order to win over the voters, and those we vote for, to buy more Growlers. To do so they are trying to convince us in future wars "stealth" will become irrelevant and successful attack profiles will return to standard "pre-stealth" configurations which needed a heavy EW component to achieve its objectives. Even tho there is no real data to support this it has many people listening. Maybe even some of the policy makers Boeing already doesnt "own" in some way. Again? Where is the data?
Fighting the Iraqis or North Koreans is a far cry from the Soviets or the Chinese.
They'll do to us what they did to the Germans. Keep all the important stuff so deep within their territory you'll never get there. And since JSF can't even do standoff munitions it will be worth even less.
Silly comments like this is why I believe your full of horse feathers and have never worn a uniform and have probably never even flown, except a window seat to Cancun Mexico. What kind of "stuff" would they hide deep in their territory that would have some kind of impact on a conflict? This isnt 1943 and we arent interested in area bombing their industrial areas. They will be hit with thousands of precision munitions on the opening days and if they have it they had better use it and use it quickly. Other-wise their Navy's will be in shambles, sea lanes in our control, air space dominated by our air forces, air defenses severely reduced, and their ability to maneuver troops and armor significantly impacted. Game over, we arent just going to war with F35's. So much for your "stuff in the rear" theory.
Also fighting the Russians and Chinese will not be all that much different from the Iraqi's. Some but not much. China has no experience with modern war, as in "None". The Russians have some good units but are over all second rate. Both vastly over rate their capabilities.
