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vincent · 2025-04-12T10:46:12-0400

ACuriousPLAFan said:
The math still doesn't make sense. 45x J-20s + 45x J-16/Ds + 45x J-15T/Ds & J-35/As = 135x fighters.

That's not 1.2 times that of the F-35's ~150 units annual production rate.

Remember the joke that Americans would rather die for America than learn math?

Totoro · 2025-04-12T12:10:44-0400

DoD doesnt get 150 fighters per year. It gets a dozen f18e (not for long anymore) , a dozen f15ex (should increase next year) and it would've got like 90 newly produced f35 I'd there wasn't for the whole tech refresh delivery debacle. So 110 to 120 per year.

siegecrossbow · 2025-04-12T14:11:33-0400

Totoro said:
DoD doesnt get 150 fighters per year. It gets a dozen f18e (not for long anymore) , a dozen f15ex (should increase next year) and it would've got like 90 newly produced f35 I'd there wasn't for the whole tech refresh delivery debacle. So 110 to 120 per year.

That’s true. Not all of the F-35 gets inducted because many are exported.

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