Washington will soon decide whether to sell several advancedweapons systems, most prominently four Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, to Taiwan.
The F-35 is by far the mostadvanced Lockheed jet to date, with updated radar, all-internal weapons, improved tracking systems, 360-degree infrared coverage with a visor readout, and a full-stealth design, not to mention the incredibly capable glass cockpit powered by more than 9.3 million lines of software code, and an overall smoother experience for pilots that could end up spending shifts of 12 hours or longer in flight.