As of November 2023, 16 V-22 Ospreys have been damaged beyond repair in accidents that have killed a total of 62 people. Four crashes killed a total of 30 people during testing from 1991 to 2000. Since the V-22 became operational in 2007, 12 crashes, including two in combat zones, and several other accidents and incidents have killed a total of 33 people.
Now, I know the military has a history of experimenting deadly things on people in secrecy and they only suffer over the long run, but surely someone saw 20 people dying right away and said “maybe we should stop”
Those things are deathtraps.
Per Wikipedia:
this machine kills fascists
Now, I know the military has a history of experimenting deadly things on people in secrecy and they only suffer over the long run, but surely someone saw 20 people dying right away and said “maybe we should stop”
What's a few dozen lives when compared to the financial well-being of the upstanding shareholders of Boeing?