Augustine's law starts to bite - F-35 project feels pain, no new starts

Augustine's laws

Law 16

"In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one tactical aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3½ days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day."

F-35 Feels the Pain
Total number to be procured to be cut by 24 in out years.

No New Starts? 
With F-35 protected, no new procurements will be started in 2015.

SNAFU!: F-35. Did the Navy just tell us there are problems with the C?

Particularly with Sequestration  

F-35 Production Depends on Tests Not Budgets, Carter Says

F-35 will hurt US/Japan ties? 

South Koreans to buy F-35 to follow Japanese, get Stealth

And the stealth cloak may yet be removed, in which case quantity will be required



SUKHOI'S LIGHTNING STRIKES THE F-35 JSF
Even the AESA radar with LPI used on F-22 & F-35 can be detected, tracked, jammed & engaged by modern RWR, RSM linked with high speed data links. Then stealth fighters can be taken out by anti-radiation missiles, Ir missiles cued to both IRST & helmet mounted displays or missiles cued from RWR'S