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Re:The F-35 still has a long way to go by AlexCoventry on Sunday April 02, 2017 @01:00AM (#14015873)
That wasn't the question, though.
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Re:The F-35 still has a long way to go by strictnein on Sunday April 02, 2017 @01:05AM (#14015888)
Thought you were more broadly asking what its role in general was.

If you're asking what its role was in that specific strike: Israel doesn't have any other stealth capabilities. So its role would be to fly over troubled territory rather freely, given the capabilities in the region. The F-15s and F-16s they have can't do that.

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Re:The F-35 still has a long way to go by valuearb on Sunday April 02, 2017 @02:30AM (#14016120)
The drones they have can do that far more cheaply.
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Re:The F-35 still has a long way to go by AlexCoventry on Sunday April 02, 2017 @01:22AM (#14015926)
It's confusing to call that combat as a rebuttal to the flaws highlighted in this report.
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