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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   Printer-friendly
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.

 
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  • (Score: 1) by strength_of_10_men on Monday June 02 2014, @05:26PM

    by strength_of_10_men (909) on Monday June 02 2014, @05:26PM (#50306)
    It's an article about CBS's 60 Minutes re-broadcast of a report. That isn't an esoteric show watched only by a small portion of the viewing public. If you haven't heard about this fiasco by now, it's your own fault.

  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Monday June 02 2014, @05:31PM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Monday June 02 2014, @05:31PM (#50308) Homepage

    If you haven't heard about this fiasco by now, it's your own fault.

    I believe that's what's known as "piss-poor logic." Technical term, that.

    That isn't an esoteric show watched only by a small portion of the viewing public.

    Actually, it is. Unless, of course, you've made mistake of assuming that yours is the only country on the planet.

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