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by preisschild 439 days ago
The F-35 would be a horrible place to start, because it is actually the best multirole jet fighter you can buy and gives you a massive advantage
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Assuming it is the best when the private servers are controlled by someone who lets you use it, is it still the best when that connection is severed or when trust is broken by the nation controlling the servers, data and code? What if some president decides your nation's airstrike is not to his taste and... cancels it? What will you do then, tweet angrily about it, ask for a refund? Talking of course primarily about ODIN/ALIS.

I'd take a bicycle without electronics over an electric vehicle that decides not to start, any day, when picking military hardware.