I don’t see why not. Japan won’t turn on us ever again. And if they do, we can always just nuke em again.
Too soon?
I don’t think it’s too soon.
China is so good at back-engineering other people’s military equipment, it would cause me to stop and think if we want these out there or not, for them to steal or spy on.
Of course along comes two fools like the Clintons, and they’ll just hand China the blueprints and the complete research and development info.
Perhaps it’ time to rethink the F22, and incorporate new technology without doing a full F35 morph.