By Ilya Kramnik, The plans for the upgrade of the US Air Force and the Air Force of the US leading allies in the NATO are primarily tied to the mass production of the F-35 fighter plane. However, such plans are threatened by the constant escalation of the cost of the new aircraft. And the second tier NATO countries apparently will be forced to keep using their old equipment of American or Soviet origin.Choose two of the three. This is a standard method of choosing two qualities out of three is the key problem of the new candidate for the title of the main fighter plane of the NATO Air Force. F-35 was conceived precisely like that- as a modern multitask fighter at affordable price. However, very soon it became clear that a modern multirole fighter couldn’t be cheap, while those multirole fighters that can be called inexpensive for the most part are retirement age from physical standpoint, or are morally outdated. Tags: US Air Force , F-35, Air Forces, World, Commentary, Military news, Читать далее, Source: Voice of Russia.
