There’s not going to be a downgraded F35 the only thing Saudi F35 will miss compared to Israeli F35 is the Israeli EW suite (which only Israel has for its own jets) and the access to the source Code which only the US and Israel have. But it basically be the same jet the Americans and the rest use. Overall effectiveness of these high tech weapons drops significantly when they are used by these Arab nations simply because they lack the quality in personnel. There is not going to be a software limitation LM is happy enough that there are no (more) problems with it.
This is why Arab armies will never be effective?
You know why because they dont build their own stuff and pay inflated prices for weapon systems from the USA and Europe not to mention the factors from training, maintence, strategies and tactics.
You can never be a effective fighting unless you build your own stuff.
