Hegseth said Thursday morning that the US is “winning decisively”
Don't look now but the real war is economic. As long as the flow of oil remains disrupted, the USA has decisively shot itself and much of the world in the foot.
Good news, F-35 performance has surpassed expectations significantly! Bad news, F-35 production and deployment cost have surpassed expectations massively!
The shootdown of a previous "stealth fighter" helped other countries produce their own: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_F-117A_shootdown
Don't look now but the real war is economic. As long as the flow of oil remains disrupted, the USA has decisively shot itself and much of the world in the foot.