Lockheed Martin Tested F 35 To Shoot ICBMs

According to a preliminary test by Lockheed Martin, the F-35 may also serve as an air-to-air weapons platform for intercepting ballistic missiles.

However, the stealth fighter would have to be within close proximity to a launchpad.

Voiding any fantasies of chasing down and intercepting an intercontinental ballistic missile, the F-35 would have to be in the air, at the right place and time to acquire a target and fire a shot..