The F-35 does seem like a colossal waste of money, but it's also one a government jobs program and a cash cow for MIC investors with a budget of $1.7 trillion,

The F-35 does seem like a colossal waste of money, but it's also one a government jobs program and a cash cow for MIC investors with a budget of $1.7 trillion, which is how the government makes these decisions: https://theweek.com/us-military/1020858/the-f-35-fighter-jets-troubled-history https://theweek.com/us-military/1020858/the-f-35-fighter-jet... Lockheed Martin is moving towards drone fighter jets under "Project Carrera" although their ideal is to have a F-35 controlling a swarm of fighter drones that travel with it, which seems like a convenient excuse to keep producing and selling the F-35. Eventually the human fighter pilot will be removed from the system and it'll all be run by an AI called SkyNet. https://breakingdefense.com/2022/09/lockheed-investing-100m-into-f-35-controlled-combat-drones-under-project-carrera/ https://breakingdefense.com/2022/09/lockheed-investing-100m-...