If it is found, go to F-15: the reaction in the United States to a possible search for F-35 RF and PRC
The collapse of the Japanese F-35, flying over the vast expanses of the Pacific Ocean, caused a stir in the Western press. In particular, the question of the possible actions of potential opponents of the United States - Russia and China, who could theoretically begin to search for and retrieve the wreckage of an aircraft for their subsequent study, became acute. The preoccupation of publications with this moment also affected the readership, who voiced their approaches to the problem of declassifying technologies embedded in F-35.
Some readers questioned the desire of the Russian Federation at any cost to get "technological wonders" of the crashed fighter:
Many commentators have paid attention to the widespread prevalence of F-35, which greatly facilitates espionage:
This whole episode made me worry. Looking back, we probably should have added more ways to track the [invisible] F-35 outside of combat.
If the Russians or the Chinese find him and all his fragments, you can start buying F-15.
They do not need a huge fragment to get valuable information. I hope that all the raisins on the plane quickly decompose in salt.
Radar absorbing coatings, the location and layout of radar and avionics, ammunition, the ALIS module, engines and other 100 other things make each this "scrap metal" super-expensive, and water pressure will never break a fragment even at a depth of 5000 feet.
The destruction of sensitive equipment is a standard procedure [...] Of course, you remember the case of using a special “Black Hawk” in [against] bin Laden, they blew it up, such are the things.
The idea is that your enemy knows as little as possible about your products. If the Russian Federation or the People's Republic of China received the F-35, they would have stolen from him as much as they could, and would have included these components in their weapons.
Some readers questioned the desire of the Russian Federation at any cost to get "technological wonders" of the crashed fighter:
During the Azorian project [the rise of the CIA of the Soviet submarine K-129], the Russians had a ship following the Glomar Explorer, but this is almost all they did, and it was in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ...
I would use it [drowned F-35] as bait to see who is capable of what - replace a real plane with a model / mock-up to see what countries are capable of.
Many commentators have paid attention to the widespread prevalence of F-35, which greatly facilitates espionage:
The entire aircraft is designed for export. By planning around 3000 aircraft, it is inevitable that at some point one of them will end up in unfriendly hands.
They just downloaded all the plans and manuals from the LM [Lockheed Martin network, manufacturer], they do not need spare parts.
As for spies, Japan is probably safer than the United States, since the local culture and laws are more stringent and hostile to non-Japanese as a whole [...] I mean why the United States found Japan problematic to invade World War II .
Japan is a very culturally homogeneous country. It is very difficult for foreign spies to mix up [with the local population].
Should not have given F-35 to Israel. They do not have a good reputation for keeping secrets, plus they stole nuclear knowledge from the United States.
In the past, there has already been an incident with the USS Liberty [Israel’s attack by the US intelligence ship], it shows how unreliable Israel really is.
In terms of secrets, the United States is its own worst enemy.
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