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Thing is it’s parts are not all shit. Just as a whole it’s shit. They tried making a Swiss Army knife using advanced, not yet ready or tested technology. They
by erentz 8y ago
Thing is it’s parts are not all shit. Just as a whole it’s shit. They tried making a Swiss Army knife using advanced, not yet ready or tested technology.
They should kill the project, and write it off as a huge R&D project. Take all the advances in technology that have come out of the project as wins. Continue working on those technologies more with more experimental projects until they’re ready for use.
Meanwhile use what we got for strike fighters and air support roles since they’re still more than sufficient. Build more F22s to fill out air superiority since that program seems to have delivered well.
- eugeniub 8y agoYour alternative idea is to build MORE military jets?
- erentz 8y agoIf we are determined to have an obscenely huge military waging wars around the world then yes: killing the F35, use what already works well while the tech matures is the smart move. But if you want to wave a wand and grant me the power I’d cut the military budget 10% per year until it is down to $350b in present day dollars. That’s still 50% larger than the EU and many multiples larger than all our “enemies”.
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