19FortyFive: the F-35 plane continues to make history and frightens Russia
The American fifth-generation fighter F-35 Lightning II "continues to make history" and "scares Russia," says the publication 19FortyFive, commenting on the first successful landing of a variant of the aircraft with a short takeoff and vertical landing of the US Marine Corps (ILC) on the amphibious assault ship Tripoli.
According to the American edition, thus the F-35 Lightning II demonstrated that it would be universal "in the event of a conflict with Russia or China."
19FortyFive writes that the use of fifth-generation fighters on landing ships will strengthen the capabilities of the US Navy. "The advantage of having several ships, regardless of their type, from which planes can take off, confuses the enemy and complicates his calculations," the publication says.
In January, Defense News recognized that the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter produced by the American company Lockheed Martin as a possible candidate to replace the German Tornado aircraft could threaten the joint program of France, Germany and Spain to create a new generation European fighter Future Combat Air System (FCAS).
