5 Ways to Replace the F-35 Stealth Fighter (If Donald Trump Kills It)

5 Ways to Replace the F-35 Stealth Fighter (If Donald Trump Kills It)

Maybe we just build new F-22s? 

But again, the F-35 has formidable defenses (as a program, if not as an aircraft).  Killing the project would require mollifying a wide variety of political interests within the United States, as well as large chunks of the defense industrial base. It would also require unruffling the feathers of allied governments, many of which have devoted considerable political capital to the purchase of the JSF. Still, figuring out alternative options is the first step.