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As I read this latest update on the F-35 I can't stop thinking about the $741 billion the US Congress just approved. Bipartisan. And overrode a POTUS veto. In
by chiefalchemist 6y ago
As I read this latest update on the F-35 I can't stop thinking about the $741 billion the US Congress just approved. Bipartisan. And overrode a POTUS veto.
In the 2016 State of the Union Obama said, "We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined." The budget then was significantly less. And the F-35 is just now finally being snuffed?
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 6y ago>"We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined." I'll translate this to defense speak: We get ripped off more than the next eight nations combined.
- chiefalchemist 6y agoWell it might be the next 20, 25 or even 30 at this point.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 6y agoI work in defense and it just makes me laugh when people cite money spent as putting us somehow ahead. We spend $10 for $1 of work. My scrum master has never heard of Git. I am in hell
- souprock 6y agoWe like our aircraft "Made in USA" for obvious reasons. An aircraft "Made in China" is a great way to save money, and it works fine for China. It probably doesn't help that practically every congressional district gets to make a piece of the aircraft.