How does the F35 or its cool successor prevent MAD?
Iraq and Afgh were counterinsurgency fights. Any China or Russian fight will not be the same.
And the US absolutely crushed the Iraqi military within a matter of days in both Desert Storm and OIF. The problem was the "nation building" COIN fight.
Once you get into nukes it's another ballgame.
How does the F35 or its cool successor prevent MAD?
Iraq and Afgh were counterinsurgency fights. Any China or Russian fight will not be the same.
And the US absolutely crushed the Iraqi military within a matter of days in both Desert Storm and OIF. The problem was the "nation building" COIN fight.