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It seems that F-35 still has problems but they are slightly different than described in the article. There is also neat solution, cut F-35 orders by third to pa
by Nokinside 9y ago
It seems that F-35 still has problems but they are slightly different than described in the article. There is also neat solution, cut F-35 orders by third to pay for increased maintenance and operating costs. http://fortune.com/2018/03/28/air-force-f-35-cost-cuts/ http://fortune.com/2018/03/28/air-force-f-35-cost-cuts/
The beauty of all this is that this works out fine as long as there is no large high intensity war against near peer opponent in next 20-30 years.
- stareatgoats 9y agoA lot of things would conceivably not work out fine in the scenario "high intensity warfare against near peer opponent", in any conceivable future. Just for the record.
- diabeetusman 9y agoIsn't the F-35 designed to be used in exactly such an instance?
- greedo 9y agoCutting orders just results in all the development costs being amortized across fewer aircraft, driving up unit costs. That's how we ended up with the B-2 costing almost $1B per plane. The cost per flight hour for the F-35 should eventually be lower than the F-15/16. This will be the only way the US can maintain an adequately sized air force, and naval air arm.