Israel's position today is a case study for the evolving strategy in global warfare.
While
the USA is developing more and more expensive weapons to sell to
allies, that costs an arm and a leg for those thinking of still buying
F35s, and even the newer version coming out, the Iranians, Hezbollah and
Hamas are proving to the world that not all high-tech state of the art
equipment, like defense missiles cannot be taken out by low-tech cheap
drones and rockets. Russia and China have also been developing radar
systems that can track stealth aircrafts. There are people who can come
out with new threats and there will be people who will develop a counter
for that, just like computer viruses. It is only a matter of time.
The
USA and Israel must now have realized that highly expensive defense
systems have been rendered ineffective by mass-produced drones and
missiles. And who is capable of producing such cheap drones? China and
Iran are now able to produce highly sought after civilian drones, that
even the Ukrainian military are using. Chinese civilian drones, after
modifications, are part of the Ukrainian arsenal. The Ukrainians
discarded those USA supplied/made drones in favor of Chinese civilian
drones. Just imagine Chinese civilian drones have been proven to be more
effective and reliable than USA made expensive military drones, and
that tells the whole story.
It is even more telling just to
imagine what kind of drones the Chinese PLA must have been using. They
are definitely not in any way inferior to those civilian drones sold off
the shelves. No wonder the USA had been eyeing DJI hoping to get its
hands on the drone maker to uncover its success secret and technology by
cooking up accusations of DJI stealing its military drone technology.
It makes no sense that DJI would be stealing the USA's outdated drone
technology when it is far ahead in that field as proven by the Ukrainian
war.
Anonymous
Several articles have been written about the F35s and its perennial shortcomings. After more than a decade and a half of tinkering with its problems ever since entering service in 2006, nothing came out of Lockheed Martin's attempts to solve those problems that still persists.
ReplyDeleteAnd those persistent problems are still afflicting the aircraft, with the USA even admitting that only 25% of the F35s in its fleet are fit for combat duty. That tells the whole story and just boggles the mind that some countries are still vying to buy them at exorbitant prices. A newer version of that plane is already being produced and the price is said to be 'astronomical'. But some silly goons will still buy them undoubtedly.
One of the many problems of the F35 is the special skin coating needed for radar evasion which is reported to peel off after just a few flights. Such peelings will render the stealth factor to be compromised.
In the face of recent developments in radar technology and the relatively slower flying speed of the F35 compared to other newer supersonic fighter jets, the F35 is losing its relevance. Its only useful role is carrying out bombing missions using its stealth approach, which is becoming irrelevant with newer radar capabilities being developed to track them. Only continued hyping has kept it in production to sell to those still living under a rock.
Moreover, smaller countries have little use for them as bombing other much bigger country is not in their interest. The USA's experience in Vietnam shows clearly to the world that using carpet bombing is a perfect example of how a war can still be lost with that superior advantage.
And the USA is also said to have stringent covenant regarding the F35's usage and in whose hands they can be flown. A F35 falling into enemy hands or crashing in enemy territory is a big matter of concern. However, in today's weaponry development, it may be a different story. China was not even interested in the F35C that fell into the South China Sea in 2022, while landing on a carrier, which the USA had been blowing up the fear that the Chinese may be attempting to salvage it to learn its secrets.
Just a matter of interest, reports have now surfaced that some of the supposedly destroyed weaponry left behind by the USA during its hurried scampering out of Afghanistan, some have been rebuilt by the Taliban and are causing nervousness in the USA and the West. The USA may have assumed that they have damaged those weaponry beyond repair before their hurried escape from Kabul, but using reverse engineering the Taliban has managed to reap a windfall not only in breathing new life into those damaged weapons but also in understanding the workings of those weapons, which will serve them well. If they share them with the Russians or Chinese, that will be highly detrimental to the USA. Shooting its own foot is becoming the hobby of the USA.
'A F35 falling into enemy hands or crashing in enemy territory is a big matter of concern.'
ReplyDeleteThe Americans feared that it would reveal how crappy the F35s were and no one would want to buy this piece of fake. They have already scrapped the F22s which were more superior to the F35s.
Once they found a replacement, this piece of crap would be scrapped immediately.
No one is buying it. Those that bought, were coerced to buy, to pay protection money to the Americans.