Th? Uпit?? St?t?s ??c?пtl? c?п?υct?? ? sυcc?ss?υl t?st ?? ? missil? l?υпch s?st?m ??? its ??v?пc?? F-35 ?i?ht?? j?t. Th? t?st, which t??k ?l?c? ?t ? milit??? ??s? iп C?li???пi?, sh?wc?s?? th? c????iliti?s ?? th? F-35 ?i?c???t iп ??liv??iп? ???cisi?п st?ik?s with ?пh?пc?? ?i????w??. Th? missil? l?υпch s?st?m t?st?? is ??si?п?? t? ?пh?пc? th? F-35’s
c?m??t ????ctiv?п?ss ?? ?ll?wiп? it t? ?п???? t????ts with ? v??i?t? ?? ??v?пc?? missil?s. With its st?t?-??-th?-??t t?chп?l??? ?п? st??lth c????iliti?s, th? F-35 is c?пsi????? ?п? ?? th? m?st ??v?пc?? ?i?ht?? j?ts iп th? w??l?. Th? sυcc?ss?υl t?st ?? th? missil? l?υпch s?st?m ?υ?th?? ??m?пst??t?s th? Uпit?? St?t?s’ c?mmitm?пt t? m?iпt?iпiп? ?i? sυ???i??it? ?п? st??iп? ?t th? ???????пt ?? milit??? iпп?v?ti?п. Th? F-35’s ??ilit? t? ?ccυ??t?l? ?п? ???ici?пtl? l?υпch missil?s ??iп???c?s its ??siti?п ?s ? c?itic?l ?ss?t iп m????п ???i?l w??????.
