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Originally Posted by LewisM
Going back to the F-35 for a moment, some latest news:
"The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended that Congress withhold funding for the F-35 program, saying the jet fighter is plagued with almost 1,000 deficiencies that must be resolved before production can begin.
The shortcomings include an ejector seat that can cause neck injuries, an unusable helmet-mounted display system, failing oxygen-supply systems and a mid-air refuelling probe that can break off during use. In total, the F-35 had 996 unresolved deficiencies as of January. Of these, 111 were considered ‘Category 1’ deficiencies - faults and flaws that could seriously jeopardize user safety or security."
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"The F-35 has been in development at Lockheed Martin since 2001, and it has been dogged by delays and surging costs ever since then. At an estimated lifetime cost of $1.4 trillion, it is the most expensive weapons development program in history."
And we just HAD to get involved in this junk. With more and more countries pulling out of the F-35 (Germany is touted to pull out next), it's going to be a BIG WHITE ELEPHANT.
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One has to logically question why our government is so insistent on wasting money on this junk...