Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "Why is the F-35 the most EXPENSIVE weapon in history? - VisualPolitik EN" video.

@daniely500 China's last organized ground war was against an even more lightly armed Vietnam who is literally next door, where they made few gains at alarming costs against the local militia and reservists. The PLA ran back to China before the regulars could get into position.
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The F-35 could be that aircraft carrier, having line of sight pencil beam links with wingman drones to help prevent them from getting remotely hacked and going astray.
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If they can afford to develop it. The project partnered with Indonesia and even then they're finding it a bit too expensive with still no firm timeline on initial delivery.
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You can tell it's there, but the return is so small that it's hard to distinguish it from the background noise, and even harder to keep a lock on it especially with the puny radars on the missiles themselves.
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@troywalt4834 Satellites are naturally weak and laggy signals, and can be easily jammed or hacked. Iran stole an American drone mid-flight just by remotely commandeering the controls. A drone that has a line of sight pencil beam to a manned asset and is hard-coded to prioritize commands from there would be much harder to infiltrate.
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