The Hong Kong leak demands an F-35 redesign

In August 1966, a Christian-Iraqi pilot defected by flying a Soviet MiG-21 directly to Israel’s Hatzor Airbase as part of “Operation Diamond.” Capitalizing on this geostrategic windfall, Israeli and American technicians completely stripped the airframe, engines, and avionics. This physical sample exposed critical design features that signals intelligence had only guessed at, allowing Western air […]

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