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Israel is the first nation in the world to add F-35 aircraft that are fitted with ECM / jammer pods.
Israel's military has made it clear that it has little faith in these systems in light of the constantly improving anti-aircraft technologies deployed against it, in contrast to how the U.S. military developed the F-35 to mainly rely on its stealth capabilities for survivability. As a result, Israel insisted that its Air Force be granted permission to equip its F-35A fighters with homegrown electronic warfare systems to improve their survivability and complement their stealth abilities. Though this request was initially denied, the U.S. eventually agreed to the request of its ally. Israel based its own derivative, the F-35I, on the original F-35A despite having doubts about the F-35's performance.
Israel's military has made it clear that it has little faith in these systems in light of the constantly improving anti-aircraft technologies deployed against it, in contrast to how the U.S. military developed the F-35 to mainly rely on its stealth capabilities for survivability. As a result, Israel insisted that its Air Force be granted permission to equip its F-35A fighters with homegrown electronic warfare systems to improve their survivability and complement their stealth abilities. Though this request was initially denied, the U.S. eventually agreed to the request of its ally. Israel based its own derivative, the F-35I, on the original F-35A despite having doubts about the F-35's performance.