The F-35 Fighter Didn’t Surpass The F-22 Raptor – It Was Never Meant To
The conventional wisdom says America’s F-35 has finally surpassed the older F-22 Raptor — more sensors, constant upgrades, an information-warfare machine. But on the mission a war with China would actually turn on, beyond-visual-range combat, the Raptor still has no equal. There’s a reason Washington will sell allies the F-35 but never the F-22 — and it quietly tells you which jet is really the better one.
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