The American F-35 fighter was not ready for testing.

According to the information provided by the resource "Pravda-TV", the US Department of Defense refused to accept the F-35 Lightning II fighter for combat tests. Referring to information in the media, the resource reports that the numerous defects of the fighter were to blame for everything, which does not even allow it to safely test this fighter.

Exactly what technical problems are being discussed remains unknown, but earlier the developers of the newest American fifth generation fighter referred to serious problems with the software, which could easily lead to the failure of navigation systems, weapons and engine operation.

Experts draw attention to the fact that the F-35 family of fifth-generation fighters has almost a thousand different technical flaws that they are trying to eliminate, but this only leads to an increase in the cost of a combat aircraft, and therefore, US partners are forced to abandon previously signed contracts.

It should be clarified that only in 2018, with the F-35 family of fighters, three incidents occurred, in one of which the combat aircraft crashed in the territory of South Carolina.

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