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In recent years, the Western press has often published critical articles about the F-35 fighter plane. Foreign authors notice various shortcomings of the air car, and also list numerous accidents of an American aircraft. It got to the point that special articles were needed in defense of the fighter. So, in 19fortyfive.com the material of the American columnist Daniel Gur was published, in which an attempt is made to refute criticism of the aircraft in every possible way.
The former director of the Office of Strategic Competitiveness in the Office of the US Secretary of Defense, Daniel Gur, in his article, tries to defend the fifth-generation fighter. He defends the point of view that the F-35 is the most combat-ready fighter of the fifth generation, and all criticism of him is almost "sucked out of the finger".
Gur refers to the fact that 17 countries of the world have chosen the F-35 for their air forces. As for the technical problems, he assures that all of them have been solved through corrective measures on the part of the manufacturer. For example, it was possible to fix the shortcomings with the maintenance of the stealth coating of the aircraft, with the original pilot's helmet.
Interestingly, the author is trying to present the fighter not even very expensive. According to Gur, the claims that the F-35 costs a lot are erroneous. In addition, the American observer is sure that the fighter is the first aerial platform of the information age, and therefore it is worth the money.
After all, this is also the price for sensors, on–board computers, weapons, electronic warfare systems. Gur writes that during numerous exercises of the US Air Force and other countries, the F-35 demonstrated excellent characteristics, achieving maximum destruction of targets, which no other American fighter had previously been able to do.
Focusing on the integration of the efforts of military aviation and ground forces on the battlefield, Gur notes that the F-35 aircraft can use its stealth and advanced sensors to overcome enemy air defense systems. But it is also capable of transmitting the coordinates of enemy positions to artillery units, which allows for high-precision strikes by ground forces.
In addition, Gur writes that those aircraft that are being ordered by countries now, and will be delivered in a few years, will become even more perfect. After all, they will include additional features. According to the American observer, the use of the F-35 aircraft will be crucial in future military operations.
