Navy Recovers Sunken F-35 Jet That Crashed Off the Deck of a Carrier into the South China Sea —...

Problem solved: "concerns over an adversary grabbing the advanced fighter from beneath the waves added to the urgency." Aviators have been putting birds in the water since we've been doing controlled crashes on flight decks, but allowing our enemies to duplicate, or worse, develop countermeasures against the technology would have cost immeasurable damage