Defence procurement bungles and wins

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I believe one of the main reasons for the F35 being favoured is it's ability to remain stealthy while dynamically acting as a mobile CAP Command Centre for dozens or even hundreds of drones. But these smaller drones still have to be launched within range of a target, in Ukraine that might be OK but keep in mind Ukraine is smaller than NSW. (For those confused by this when looking at a map, keep in mind the normal map projections are neither linear or to scale for some places look smaller while others look bigger.)

I'm very anti-foreign ownership of air fields in WA and NT, simply because just one large air transport can land and launch dozens of hundreds of drones in minutes and cripple air superiority over that area in just minutes.