It’s only a big deal because of what a corrupt disaster it’s development was. It’s still a plane made of physical material that you can blow up. The fact that someone can shoot at it is no more surprising than the concept of object permanence. If this fact surprises anyone, it’s only because they’ve been dazzled by the exorbitant waste.

I don’t see what’s so complicated. You’re a guy with a missile launcher. You look up, and see an F-35. You shoot a missile at it.