It is possible to deploy multiple F-35 radars, which then could provide added flexibility by permitting AirborneWarningandControlSystem coverage elsewhere.
This would involve a multibillion dollar purchase of off-the-shelf American military hardware like AirborneWarningandControlSystem aircraft and tankers adding immeasurably to the defense of the Western Pacific, offering greater flexibility to U.S. forces otherwise committed to protecting Japan and helping to offset somewhat the yawning balance-of-trade deficit.
Worse still, Western intelligence sources believe the Soviets themselves may be operating some of the more sophisticated equipment Moscow has exported to Iraq, like jammers being employed to try to deny U.S. and Saudi Airborne Early WarningandControlSystem (AWACS) aircraft vital information concerning Iraqi military movements.