F-35: The Part-Time Fighter Jet
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The F-35 fleet can only perform the full range of its combat roles 30% of the time. This unreliability renders the entire program ineffective.
  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    19·
    8 months ago

    Space Farce

    I know that will have insane cost overruns. But I meant an actual, nonsense system of “gee-whiz-bang” laser (etc) tech that will never work because having it work was a big lie to begin with. This project would be at least a multi-trillion dollar intentional boondoggle created to routinely suck up ginormous amounts of cash. Star Wars 1.0 was designed that way but it never actually - cough - got off the ground.

    • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      14·
      8 months ago

      This project would be at least a multi-trillion dollar intentional boondoggle created to routinely suck up ginormous amounts of cash.

      Exactly. Also China already managed to humiliate them greatly with the magnetic cannon, and will even more in the future.