Did I say China hacked the F-35? It did.

Meet the China J-31 Strike Fighter. It has stealth. According to speculation it will replace the USA F-35 on the military market. China's model sells for far less than the F-35. Why doesn't the USA just buy the Chinese jet?

November 13, 2014
By Jeffery Lin and P. W. Singer

...Made by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (click here) (SAC), it is highly likely that the J-31 will be China's version of the Joint Strike Fighter; its development is expected to spiral into both PLAAF and PLANAF variants. However, the J-31’s primary mission at Zhuhai has been to hunt for export customers. Beyond Chinese sales, likely customers for the J-31 include nations that have operated earlier generation Chinese export fighters like the F-7 and JF-17 (such as Pakistan and Egypt), as well as those looking for less expensive or non-U.S. alternatives....

So, let's get this right. Edward Snowden exposed the fact the USA military knew the USA F-35 was hacked by China. Mr. Snowden didn't provide information to China, he simply provided the documents the USA knew China stole documents regarding aircraft construction.

What year did the Chinese hack the F-35? 2007, when "W" was in office. 

Der Spiegel published (click here) a new tranche of documents provided to the German weekly magazine by the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden. The documents are the first public confirmation that Chinese hackers have been able to extrapolate top secret data on the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter jet. According to sources, the data breach already took place in 2007 at the prime subcontractor Lockheed Martin
The fifth generation F-35 Lightning II is the most advanced fighter jet currently in production in the world. Experts have long argued that the design of China’s newest stealth fighter, the J-31, as well as the Chengdu J-20 fighter jet, are in parts influenced by the F-35....

I think the USA needs to go back to the drawing board and come up with jets that aren't dependent on computers. The USA needs quality military without all the wiz-bang components that cost billions more than they should.