F-35: The Part-Time Fighter Jet
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The F-35 fleet can only perform the full range of its combat roles 30% of the time. This unreliability renders the entire program ineffective.
  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    5 months ago

    And the Cold War 2.0 is on the horizon. This time surely featuring Russia and China. And somewhere in hell there will be endless laughter booming all the time. It'll be from Reagan and his cronies once they hear about Star Wars 2.0. Imagine how much that tech will cost.

    • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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      5 months ago

      I would argue we never even left the first Cold War, we only had a slight thawing for some time, but now we are again in it co,mpletely with proxy wars, (modified) red scare, yellow peril and even iron curtain is again visible. Even Star Wars is back, but as a farce. Space Farce.

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        5 months ago

        Space Farce

        I know that will have insane cost overruns. But I meant an actual, nonsense system of "gee-whiz-bang" laser (etc) tech that will never work because having it work was a big lie to begin with. This project would be at least a multi-trillion dollar intentional boondoggle created to routinely suck up ginormous amounts of cash. Star Wars 1.0 was designed that way but it never actually - cough - got off the ground.

        • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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          5 months ago

          This project would be at least a multi-trillion dollar intentional boondoggle created to routinely suck up ginormous amounts of cash.

          Exactly. Also China already managed to humiliate them greatly with the magnetic cannon, and will even more in the future.