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2015-08-02 Government
Pentagon May "Rethink" the F-35 Stealth Fighter. Doomsday for Lockheed Martin?
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Posted by Besoeker 2015-08-02 12:37|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 It's the Goldbricking method of disarmament: they've dragged out the development as much as they possibly can, time to make it dogfight with the engine throtle-limited in software along with the AoA, make it look worse than it is, and have an excuse to stop production, go on to another twenty years of R&D, while we rely on 30 year old F-15's.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2015-08-02 14:13||   2015-08-02 14:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Still relying upon the old M2 Ma Deuce. Sometimes somethings are good enough to last a long time.
Posted by Procopius2k 2015-08-02 17:56||   2015-08-02 17:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Next 60 years + Trilyuhns-n-Tilyuhns of Dollars, but the USMSC says its certified for only "limited" combat ops.

The F-35 is supposed to be Light Fighter/Aircraft end of our mighty OWG PRE-SPACE, PROTO-UNITARIAN, HI-LO, HEAVY-LIGHT STEALTH MIX.

For that price + timeline, etc. it had better be able to cook eggs + slumgullion inside the cockpit, + transform into OPTIMUS PRIME = ARMED MINI-SPACE SHUTTLE???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-08-02 22:58||   2015-08-02 22:58|| Front Page Top

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