That is so full of crap and a complete and utter manipulation of what was stated. I said - and this is the third time I've corrected this - that claims that the F-35 did not have enough range and weapons were "crazy". Not that needing range and weapons were crazy. If you can’t get this you’re just a troll and a pretty dumb one at that.
I also pointed out that compared to the F-111 the F-35 can actually fly further in a high survivability profile and destroy more targets than an F-111 in its initial configuration. It does this because by using stealth it can fly high to and from the target and be harder to detect and therefore engage than an F-111 flying a lo-lo-lo profile. Said F-111 loaded with 12 or more 500 lb bombs has a less than 600 NM radius flying lo-lo-lo. Said F-111 can only drop its spread of bombs on a single target to achieve far less lethality than a F-35 precisely hitting two targets with JDAMs or eight targets with SDBs. Even when you give the F-111 precision weapons it needs something like the Raptor stand-off bomb to hit the target with any kind of survivability which means the same number of engagements as the F-35. Just because the F-111 can fly over 2,000 NM on a tank of gas and carry 24,000 lbs of bombs does not mean it can actually outrange and outhit a F-35. That is of course if you know anything about how they are actually used in combat.
