ABC Of F-35 : Why America’s Stealth Fighter Jet Controls Skies, Dominates Allies, Outsmarts Rivals

New Delhi: The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is unlike any aircraft before it. More than just a fifth-generation fighter jet, it is a technological marvel, a strategic tool and a centrepiece of US foreign policy. Since its introduction, the F-35 has transformed military alliances, altered regional power balances and influenced diplomatic decisions across continents. From the Indo-Pacific to Europe and from NATO’s forward bases to West Asia, the F-35 has become a bargaining chip in global defense strategy. The fighter jet is not merely stealthy, it is a node in a global intelligence and combat network. It fuses real-time…