https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna105534

  • edge [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    The PLA is reverse engineering it as we speak to learn what not to do when designing planes.

    • zephyreks [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      I mean I'm sure the $400 billion dollars spent on designing the thing must have created something useful and wasn't just used to line the pockets of executives at Lockheed Martin, right?

    • Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      The F-35 is genuinely an amazing airplane, even if the American MIC is one of, if not the most, evil organisations on the planet.

      • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
        hexagon
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        1 year ago

        It has many groundbreaking capabilities like the ability to turn off its transponder and fly itself directly to hainan

      • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        It's definitely amazing at funneling money into the MIC. The number of crashes and lost planes make me think it isn't great, but being more of a train person I'll admit I don't know much about planes. Not to mention I've heard the carrier version has real problems with salt water degrading the stealth coating, but when has salt water been a problem on the ocean, right?