I once read an article about how the US spread misinformation about spectacularly expensive programs they were pretending to work on, hoping that the Russians w

I once read an article about how the US spread misinformation about spectacularly expensive programs they were pretending to work on, hoping that the Russians would follow suit and waste govt money. Over the years as I have read about the F-35 and its, uh, challenges, I've wondered if it's a revenge project. ;)