LM and DOD marketing speak has taken over USNI

Read the flagrant bullshit here.

And my comment at the bottom.

ELP • 5 minutes ago −
Over optimistic. This kind of faith-based "analysis" has no place in a USNI publication. It would be better suited for that alternate world of industry marketing. Anytime you hear statements like "effects not platforms", this means that the platforms that they are pushing have weak performance. The USN is well on the way toward having an obsolete-to-the-threat carrier air wing. Even if the Just So Failed works. Hard to believe given that failure to deliver on the promise is the hallmark of the F-35 program. 12 years after contract award and still no jet that can trap aboard ship. In other news DTO&E states Marine IOC will be delayed over a year due to "unacceptable" software performance. That would make it 6-years or later compared to a plan that is over 10 years old. which also showed us having hundreds of jets by now. Analysis? Don't take anything seriously about the F-35 program until it passes an OPEVAL, pencil-whipped or otherwise.