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January 29

KlausM

One less F-35 to upgrade:
Video of F-35 fighter jet crashing at Eielson AFB in Alaska, pilot ejects and survives.

January 29

johnbpatson

F35 not even fully deployed yet and and already needs a new, very expensive engine. Someone will get even richer. The saga continues and a president who said he would cut waste signs off on it.

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January 29 ▶ johnbpatson

William_Copp

A man who has been in office barely a week, and your TDS shines through brightly.

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January 29

Armer14

Oh thank God. I was worried no one was going to find a way to make this political

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January 29

Arthur_Foyt

Wow, that’s a whole lot of new electronics for the control systems.
Can we be assured that all electronics are manufactured in the USA?

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January 29 ▶ Arthur_Foyt

WBJohn

Has anyone in the DOD considered the likelihood that in 20 years, manned fighters may be an anachronism? That there could be supersonic drones, hypersonic missles capable of downing them, and ground attack drones that outperform the A-10? Instead we continue to dump hundreds of billions of dollars into upgrading conventional weapons systems. Seems very near-sighted to me.

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23h ▶ WBJohn

PJaxx

The Ukrainians are already at work on AI-piloted drones that can continue their mission even if they lose contact with their controllers.

20h ▶ Armer14

Will1

Yay politics. Assholes screaming at assholes.

9h ▶ William_Copp

johnbpatson

The F35 saga has been going on so long that I am sure that when Pontius was a pilot it was on the drawing board and dinars disappeared. Nothing political about it.