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Overall this is a pretty good article that avoids most of the misinformation that tends to be propagated whenever the F-35 comes up. However, calling the F-35
by dkbrk 10y ago
Overall this is a pretty good article that avoids most of the misinformation that tends to be propagated whenever the F-35 comes up.
However, calling the F-35 the "most expensive weapon ever built" is extremely misleading. This video explains it better than I ever could: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHlp7tJrxY&feature=youtu.be&t=8m30s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHlp7tJrxY&feature=youtu.be... ("F-35 Lightning II: Busting Myths - Episode 2").
The entire video series is well worth a watch if you have any interest at all in the subject.
- 65827 10y agoWhat "misinformation" do you speak of?
- rayiner 10y agoWatch the video.
- jeffdavis 10y agoParaphrasing from the video: ------- The $1.1 trillion cost is for research, production, maintenance, fuel, and weapons for 2500 planes from the time they first started flying in 2006 until they retire in 2065. When you do the math, this plane is actually cheaper than some other planes. The main reason for the huge dollar number is that it's the first plane to be fully accounted for over the lifetime of the entire program. ------------ Again, the above is just paraphrasing the claims in the video. They are not my claims.
- samstave 10y agoThose were a good watch thank you.