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Originally Posted by SebC
A friend of mine has posited that like how the F-14 got the F-111B's engines, weapsons system, and swing wing in a smaller lighter airframe, Canada's 5th gen fighter may be an better plane developed using elements from the F-35. One issue with this idea is that the F-35 is already supposed to be the smaller, lighter, cheaper version of the F-22.
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The Chinese have done this already. Their 5th generation fighter is an almost exact clone of the the F-35 with a key difference. The main flaw in the F-35 is a bloated fuselage caused by the Marine Corp's insistence on supporting a vertical lift fan in their variant. This compromises performance, weapons systems and visibility. The Chinese version eliminates this issue. Maybe we can buy from them
