It's really eye opening to talk to a knowledgeable F-35 pilot like the one I met recently. I won't write a lengthy post about it, but the capes are really out of this world. If and when it all begins to work, it has the potential to be a game changer.

It simply boils down to cost: can we afford it? Or should I say... do we need to afford it?

Every time I've ready something in the press directly related to my area of expertise, I'm ****ed off at how inaccurate the article is, and how the author spun it to something it is not.
So when I read about something I do not know much about (like the F-35), I have to figure that Joe-sh!t-the-reporter has completely dorked up the facts. I'm guessing he wouldn't know a data link from a sausage link.
Take it with a grain of salt.