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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr
I have to dig a bit but if I recall correctly one reason why its "meeting all of its performance goals" is that U.S. military has kept lowering the bar. If requirement is to lift 100 kg but you can only do 80 kg is it just fine to adjust that "requirement" to match your ability?
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true, but that is pretty much par for the course when developping any new, complex weapon system.
According to most fair analysis, the F35 will still perform better than the F15/16/18 overall.