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Yes, in terms of kill ratio capabilities. Every missile has the potential to jam, misfire or fail. So taking into account Murphy's law, a J-20 and F-35 would have at best an optimistic 50% chance of down a enemy WVR in an engagement. I am always of the opinion that making 5th gen fighters carry a minimum number of WVR missiles ignores the real life issues of mechanical reliability and countermeasures.In other words, you are saying that F-22 faces the same degree of "disadvantage" in terms of WVR missiles that J-20 does, because both aircraft are only capable of carrying two WVR missiles?
After all, you would have to be internally consistent with that logic.
I would also like to again add that F-35 does not have the ability to carry AIM-9Xs internally.
And yes, I do know that the F-35 atm is not designed to carry AIM-9X internally. But that is not my main focus, my focus is one the number of missile and the type carried per plane.