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The F-35 Fighter Plane Is Even More of a Mess Than You Thought

posted by janrinok on Monday June 02 2014, @11:36AM   
from the buddy-can-you-spare-me-a-dime? dept.

AnonTechie writes:

The US military's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft is proving to be a pain in the neck in more ways than one. Not only did the Pentagon spend almost $400 billion to buy 2,400 aircraft - about twice as much as it cost to put a man on the moon - the F-35 program is 7 years behind schedule and $163 billion over budget. This at a time when cuts in the defense budget are forcing the Pentagon to shrink the size of the military. CBS 60 Minutes took a closer look at the troubled fighter plane a few months back, but their rebroadcast on Sunday evening seems like as good a reason as any to revisit one of the biggest ongoing budget debacles in U.S. military memory. David Martin gets an inside look at what makes the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter the most expensive weapons system in history.

• Re:This Headline Is Even More Condescending Than.. Re:This Headline Is Even More Condescending Than.. (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday June 02 2014, @04:31PM

  by Grishnakh (2831) on Monday June 02 2014, @04:31PM (#50279)

  You don't have to be a plane expert to follow the news and know that the F-35 program has been a budgetary disaster for a long time.

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• Re:This Headline Is Even More Condescending Than.. (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Monday June 02 2014, @05:33PM

  by wonkey_monkey (279) on Monday June 02 2014, @05:33PM (#50313) Homepage

  You don't have to be a plane expert to follow the news and know that the F-35 program has been a budgetary disaster for a long time.

  Maybe if you're an American...

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