Inside the deal-making power of the F-35: A weapon, a network, a strategic lock-in
NEW DELHI: The “Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II” is not just another fighter jet — it is a geopolitical instrument, a technological ecosystem and the most widely exported fifth-generation aircraft ever produced. No other defence platform in the modern era has reshaped alliances, altered regional balances of power, or influenced international diplomacy the way the…