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Re:Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021) by bsder on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @08:19PM (#34605001)
F-35 is multi-role while the F-22 was optimized primarily for air.

The "multi-role" thing is what made developing and debugging the F-35 such a pain.

However, that seems to be paying off as now it gets manufactured in more and more volume.

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Re:Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021) by trashtester on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @08:16AM (#34609942)
> The "multi-role" thing is what made developing and debugging the F-35 such a > pain.

Not so much the multi role part as the fact that it's really 3 different aircraft that they tried to make as similar as possible.

Had they only made the F35A, with the rules of F35B and C covered by other planes, then it would probably be either cheaper or more capable in some ways.

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