• anachronist@midwest.social
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    2 days ago

    Lockheed’s stock price fell because they missed on earnings. It’s batshit to think a new fighter coming out of China would be bad for Lockheed. 🤡

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      2 days ago

      A 6th gen fighter coming out of China while the US can’t make their 5th gen fighter work properly certainly does look bad for Lockheed.

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    I’m not big into airframes but i think it’s a dieing artform making these jets. Some drone strapped to a pulse rocket will eventually make them all obsolete.

    The same can be said for small arms I guess.

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      It’s more about sensors and communication, there’s no reason you can’t have f35 use drones and stuff. But the better plane will see and target the enemy first. And it can operate without GPS. In other words it’s better to have 3000 f35s flying missions plus a bunch of drones. Being able to deliver a lot of firepower first is a huge deal.

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    Strange that the analysis that this will decrease f35 demand. I guess they think it’ll switch to more ngad and less f35?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      They’re saying that the military might shift focus to development of 6th gen fighters to catch up with China.

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        14 hours ago

        F35 is guaranteed to be better than a “6th generation” Chinese plane and they can be upgraded anyway. And it’s actually very successful now with a very cheap per plane cost.

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              Not sure the specifics, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there were countries interested in a next generation fighter jet, and is capable of buying from either the US or China.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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          2 days ago

          I’m sure it’ll be just as successful at sucking up billions in taxes with nothing to show for it.

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            2 days ago

            Producing literally hundreds of a single type of airplane with orders for the next decade or so isn’t exactly “nothing to show for”.

            And even if you discount the actual sales, getting billions in development budget from the US government is pretty good for business.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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              I mean yeah, the purpose of these companies is to put taxes back into the pockets of billionaires instead of spending them on stuff they’re meant for like infrastructure, healthcare, education, and so on. That’s why majority Americans live like dogs.

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                Opposed to the Chinese corporations which are famously basically charity organizations?

                What exactly is your point? Your moving goalposts to completely different planets.

                • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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                  China doesn’t use private sector for its military. Try to put a bit more work into your trolling.