24 Mar 21
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The post that was quoted here has been removedLet's just skip to that then. Forward thinking with tax dollars.
Nuclear weapons exist as deterrents now, but they CAN be used if a major war breaks out. Not much you can do with tanks against nukes or drones. And the stealth capabilities of an F-35 are completely useless if hackers have access to your entire countries military operations... right?
Let's do backwards thinking, by all means. That's history. Just spend less money on it.
25 Mar 21
@athousandyoung saidRight we're back into the pointlessness of using a jet to defend an aircraft carrier when the carriers role is carrying jets. A tanks armor might be good to have if a nuclear bomb goes off, but what's the point of the tank itself?
Tank armor is actually really useful against nukes and the Abrams was definitely intended for a nuclear battlefield. It is heavily armored.
A million tanks, a million jets. We go to war with Russia and they start messing with our water supply and our power grid in the middle of winter? We're spending money on knives so we can bring them to a nuke fight?
@wildgrass saidhttps://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a35938986/f-35-shoots-itself/
$1,700 Billion. That's 8.8 x the net worth of Jeff Bezos. Down the toilet. Lockheed Martin should have to give us back this money... ridiculous
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2021/02/23/the-us-air-force-just-admitted-the-f-35-stealth-fighter-has-failed/
25 Mar 21
@kquinn909 saidYa I saw that. It appears to be an ordinance defect, not an aircraft problem
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a35938986/f-35-shoots-itself/
26 Mar 21
@kquinn909 saidlol. at least they shot something, right?
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a35938986/f-35-shoots-itself/
08 Apr 21
It should be a straightforward proposition to suspend additional F-35 appropriations for further production until Congress has reliable certifications from the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation and GAO that the F-35 can perform fully effectively and suitably and at least nominally better than the aircraft it’s supposed to replace.It is not too late to dramatically change course.
https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2021/04/f-35-changes-needed-while-still-in-infancy/
08 Apr 21
@wildgrass
"Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller called it a “piece of s..t.” "
😆 Miller does have a way with words, eh?
