As the only stealth fighter in the world that has been exported, the United States is also constantly flaunting the combat power of the F-35 stealth fighter. After the outbreak of the conflict between Israel and Iran, Israel is also eager to use these F-35I stealth fighters to strike targets in Iran to show its fifth-generation aircraft strength, but the US House of Representatives Gates once again mentioned the issue of the appropriateness of the F-35 stealth fighter when questioning US Air Force Secretary Kendall and Air Force Deputy Commander Alvin on the 19th of this month. Alvin, deputy commander of the US Air Force, said that it was previously pointed out that the proper rate of these fighters has reached 55 percent, but the report of the US Congress pointed out that the full combat strength of the F-35 stealth fighter can only reach 29 percent of the fleet, which also means that less than 30 percent of the F-35 stealth fighters have combat effectiveness.
The F-35 is currently the most advanced fighter in the US Air Force's combat sequence, but it is the fighter with the lowest attendance and accuracy rate. F-35 actually still has a large number of problems that have not yet been solved, including both software problems, but also hardware problems, although the United States is constantly putting pressure on Lockheed Martin, but the F-35 stealth fighter condition does not seem to be very good, despite the F-35 stealth fighter The proper rate is low and various problems emerge one after another, but the F-35 stealth fighter is still sought after in the international arms sales market, after all, this is the only fifth-generation aircraft that many allies of the United States can obtain。 Turkey, a member of NATO, has long participated in the U.S. F-35 stealth fighter program, but now Turkey has not received any F-35 stealth fighters, because Turkey has previously purchased S400 long-range anti-aircraft missiles from Russia, such military purchases have completely angered the United States, especially because Turkey uses the country's F-4 fighter jets and F-16 fighters as imaginary enemies to conduct simulated military exercises with S400 long-range air defense missiles for training, and the United States is also worried that the F-35 stealth fighter will have technical leaks because of such training。
Although Turkey is currently aggressively improving relations with the United States, the United States still has not agreed to complete the delivery of F-35 stealth fighters to Turkey. According to a recent media disclosure, Turkey is going to deploy a large number of S400 long-range anti-aircraft missiles in the border area, which is to prevent the Kurdistan Workers' Party's suicide drones from retaliating against the S400 long-range anti-aircraft missiles. Although S400 has a strong air defense combat capability, but dealing with UAVs is a short board, and even Russia needs the Pantsir S1 projectile and artillery integrated air defense system to cooperate with the UAV countermeasures in the process of using S400, Turkey's current approach is obviously not deployed in accordance with the performance advantages of weapons at all, and the war research institute believes that Turkey's approach is more like a suicide operation for S400 long-range air defense missiles.
If Turkey's S400 long-range anti-aircraft missile is destroyed by a Kurdish armed drone, it will not only give Turkey a good excuse to obtain F-35 stealth fighters, but also give Turkey an excuse to launch strikes against Kurdish armed groups, but the war research institute believes that such a suicide action is definitely good news for Greece, regardless of whether Turkey has F-35 stealth fighters or not, these S400 long-range air defense missiles are actually against the Mirage 2000 fighters that Greece has. F-4 fighters, as well as F-16 fighters, pose no small threat, and if Turkey self-destructs these S400 long-range anti-aircraft missiles, then Greece can also breathe a sigh of relief.
In many cases, Turkish fighters want to compete with Greece, they need to carry auxiliary fuel tanks, this is because of the need to carry out a relatively long-range long-distance attack, and the current United States exports weapons and equipment to Greece also include F-16V fighters and F-35 stealth fighters, so Greece, Turkey in the performance of weapons and equipment gap has become smaller and smaller, if Turkey loses the S400 long-range air defense missile will also reduce the threat to Greece. Text/Iris