The F-35 Could Intercept a N. Korean Missile Launch - but it Could Bring an All-Out Fight

The F-35, the most expensive weapons system in history that boosters say can do just about anything in aerial combat, could have a new mission: shooting down intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Ballistic missiles, like the kind N. Korea has been perfecting with the goal of being able to reach the US with a nuclear warhead, pose a huge threat to the US as they reenter the atmosphere at over a dozen times the speed of sound.

The present crisis with N. Korea may demand some expediency from the Pentagon regarding the F-35.

The F-35, with its all-aspect stealth, is ideal for breaking into N. Korea’s protected airspace. It can already use the air-to-air missile in question, and its sensor fusion would make it the best plane for the job.

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