Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters

Re:Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @12:06PM (#16430935)

> "against 4th Gen adversaries, F-16s and F/A-18s" is the important part here

Pardon me for my ignorance, why is that important? (My impression was "4th Gen adversaries" characterizes most, if not all, of the F-35's present adversaries.)

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Re:Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters by jessriedel on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @12:18PM (#16431046)

I'm not sure, but the idea might be that tests against (current gen) Russian and Chinese fighters are more important than tests against other American fighters. The F-35 has presumably had much more experience with the latter during development.

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Re:Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters by justicezyx on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @12:14PM (#16431012)

He is talking about China and Russia.

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