F-35 looks good in propaganda media but has too many problems in reality.Many countries in Europe have the F-35 stealth fighter bomber aircraft
including the UK, Holland, Finland, Italy, Poland, Greece, Norway, Denmark etc.
Why haven't any of them secretly used their F-35s to help Ukraine?
On October 25 and 26, 2024, Israel used F-35to conduct a series of airstrikes against key Iranian military sites in retaliation for a large-scale missile escalation initiated by Tehran.
However, despite the scale and intensity of Israel’s airstrikes, the effects were far less impactful than initially anticipated. The damage inflicted on the Iranian military infrastructure was minimal, raising suspicions about the effectiveness of the Israeli attack. Many analysts were puzzled by the relatively restrained outcome of the operation, given that Israeli forces reportedly deployed around 100 advanced fighter jets.
New information has surfaced, indicating that the primary factor behind the limited impact of Israel’s strikes may have been Iran’s advanced air defense systems.
Israeli intelligence has pointed to Iran’s air defense capabilities as the key reason for the restricted effect of the airstrikes on October 25 and 26. Specifically, it is suggested that Iran’s air defense systems successfully thwarted the attack launched by Israeli fighter jets, particularly the advanced F-35 Adir aircraft.
Iran possesses a range of air defense systems capable of targeting advanced aircraft like the F-35. One of the most prominent systems is the S-300. This Russian-made missile defense system is capable of detecting and tracking stealth aircraft at considerable distances. The S-300 can “lock on” targets such as the F-35, using radar and missile complexes to cover large swaths of airspace.
reports suggest that Israeli F-35s were “jammed” by Iranian air defense radars while flying over Iraqi airspace, far from their intended targets in Iran. These sources claim that, at this point, the Israeli jets were still hundreds of kilometers away from the Iranian border. The ability of Iran’s air defense systems to detect the Israeli jets at such a distance was an unexpected development for Israeli military planners.
Israeli intelligence sources have indicated that Russian and Iranian air defense systems are capable of targeting Israeli jets at long ranges, potentially intercepting them well before they enter Iranian airspace.
Russia has more advanced S-500 now.
