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It's Official: F-35s Are Now Being Delivered Without Radars
- spacedcowboy 3mo ago"Just fly around over there somewhere"
- __patchbit__ 3mo agoInformation integration ground installations have been wiped off the battlefield in the current gulf war. There is no center for the F-35 radars even if they are delivered as contracted without anomaly.
- qsxfthnkp2322 3mo agoSuper smart move to outsource all that manufacturing and technology
- warumdarum 3mo agoWe fight for the helium shipments to pass through to taiwan for the radars we need for fighting to be made so we can fight the forces choking our supplies?
- subscribed 3mo agoI think there's missing "we started the fight with the helium shipments passing through" :)
- warumdarum 3mo agoCan a empire be into auto erotic asphyxiation?
- kaizenite 3mo agoAlthough it seems like the Pentagon is making good of a bad situation by turning these into trainer aircraft, the radar-less versions aren't even that much cheaper than the combat-ready ones. Wtf are we doing here https://www.aviationtoday.com/2026/05/07/air-force-plans-1-7-billion-retrofit-of-apg-85-radar-on-181-f-35as-in-lot-17-and-prior/ https://www.aviationtoday.com/2026/05/07/air-force-plans-1-7...