F-35 junk! First trapped in India, now stuck breath in Japan, how to trust India?

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Last update:August 10, 2025, 18:22

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F-35 junk! First trapped in India, now stuck breath in Japan, how to trust India?

New Delhi. America’s most modern and expensive fighter aircraft F-35 is once again in the news due to technical flaws. The latest case is from Japan where an American F-35B Stealth fighter made an emergency landing on Sunday. At an airport in Kagoshima province, Japan, the aircraft had to take off due to a sudden technical fault. It was told that the aircraft was on the training mission and was posted with the British Career Strike Group. This incident has once again questioned the credibility of F-35.

Emergency landing in Kerala
This is not the first time. About two months ago, a British F-35B had to make an emergency landing at Cochin Airport in Kerala due to ‘technical snag’. The aircraft stood there for several weeks, because it took a long time to bring its spare parts and technical team. Even then there was a huge cost of technical complications and maintenance of F-35 in international media.

Why does India not buy F-35B?
Now after the Japanese incident, the question is that the aircraft which the US offers as its ‘Star Product’ is really worth trusting? Especially when America is trying to sell it to India. The US has long wants India to buy F-35 stealth fighter, but the Indian Air Force is not in its favor. The reasons behind this are clear-excessive maintenance cost of this aircraft, frequent technical faults and logistic support delays. India is already working on a mixture of Sukhoi, Rafael and Swadeshi Tejas and its priority is to pursue the indigenous AMCA project. In such a situation, buying a platform that is in discussion due to frequent technical flaws is neither strategically beneficial nor financially.

Trump sir! India does not want this aircraft
Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s team offered India to sell this aircraft several times, but the Ministry of Defense did not show interest in it. The events in Japan and Kerala show that this aircraft may be luxurious with stealth design, high-tech avionics and multi-roll capacity on paper, but the ground is in reality its operational availability and reliability is under question. So Trump sir, if your ‘Star Plane’ is standing on the runway again and again, then India will convert the deal into ‘no deal’ before it is fielded on the runway.

Sandeep Gupta

I am active in journalism for more than 14 years long. In 2010, after starting his career with Dainik Bhaskar newspaper, he worked as a reporter in New World, Dainik Jagran and Punjab Kesari. During this time crime and …Read more

I am active in journalism for more than 14 years long. In 2010, after starting his career with Dainik Bhaskar newspaper, he worked as a reporter in New World, Dainik Jagran and Punjab Kesari. During this time crime and … Read more