Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "Why is the US Navy almost skipping the F-35?" video.

@BertoxolusThePuzzled That's just not how hacking works. You can't just sit down and hack these planes real time. If that's your plan you've already lost. No if they're going to be hacked then the work is going to have to be done prior to the war even starting. You need to hack the companies making the planes, get the specifications, the component lists etc. You need to find zero day vulnerabilities and craft a targeted program that can defeat these planes and either leave it dormant in the planes till you trigger it with a external trigger and hope that it won't be discovered. Or save it on the outside for a future attack where you run it, and just hope that they haven't patched out the vulnerabilities you count on to get in between getting the specifications and the start of the war. A small or big front really doesn't matter much in this context...
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@BertoxolusThePuzzled Because the increase in capabilities that you get from networking far outstrips any and all disadvantages as the Swedes demonstrated when they started with this stuff. Your plane could be inferior in every other way and still come on top with networking because you end up with better situational awareness (and also you're less likely to be shot down by friendly fire, both from the ground and air)
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@DefaultProphet He's right that it could happen, but I dissagree with him about the conclusion. The advantages of networking just are too big to ignore even with the added risks. It's simply worth taking the chance.
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@bigGullyV You claim that no one else is close in capabilities, but have you actually been in the cockpit of European or Japanese top of the line planes and seen what they can do? Americans always seems to underestimate other countries capabilities and overestimate their own. Don't get me wrong, the F35s are impressive planes, but so is many others, and I doubt that they're sharing information about all of their capabilities with you even if you're allies. The latest generation Gripens are quite capable for instance with a focus on networking, avionics and electronic warfare, but they're still very reluctant to actually show anyone their true capabilities.
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@isetbudsonfire That's not necessarily as big of a problem as you might think. At least not with regards to Japan. As long as there's civilian roads left there's still western plans that can operate there providing some air cover while airstrips are being repaired (and if Sweden joins NATO then their Gripen would be perfect for that job).
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@deankruse2891 That really isn't the case. It's a good platform, no doubts about that, but "better than anything out there? Just no...
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@BertoxolusThePuzzled Any war where these planes actual capabilities are tested is likely to have a significant death of satellites too... It's pretty much the first target in a war between the US/NATO and either China or Russia directly.
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