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MattSh

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46. There's only one thing a weapons program has to do to be considered a success.

Reply to sakabatou (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 29, 2013, 04:46 AM

Sep 2013

And that's to suck money out of the US Treasury and the US taxpayer.

By that standard, the F-35 is a rousing success!

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What costs $1.5 trillion, doesn't work, and comes out of your paycheck? [View all] eridani Sep 2013 OP

I bet there's more stuff that the War Machine produced that doesn't do shit. sakabatou Sep 2013 #1

John McCain, for one example Scootaloo Sep 2013 #39

DUzy sakabatou Sep 2013 #40

There's only one thing a weapons program has to do to be considered a success. MattSh Sep 2013 #46

k&r nt steve2470 Sep 2013 #2

Well, I missed that one Fumesucker Sep 2013 #3

DUzy n/t Flying Squirrel Sep 2013 #9

Well, maybe if we spend all of our budget... Alkene Sep 2013 #4

Can't decide if I like your reply or truedelphi Sep 2013 #34

Yup, also, our 1.5T$ per year health care denial industry Repubs want back. Festivito Sep 2013 #5

du rec. xchrom Sep 2013 #6

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Sep 2013 #7

I've been posting threads in the Veterans forum about the F-35 for a long time now. unhappycamper Sep 2013 #8

Would that be this madokie Sep 2013 #11

Nope - think BIIIIIIG unhappycamper Sep 2013 #12

Too early for me to think that big I guess madokie Sep 2013 #13

I'll give you a hint: unhappycamper Sep 2013 #14

Virginia Class submarines are about half that. NutmegYankee Sep 2013 #23

I would suggest that wikipedia $$ for military stuff is way under priced. unhappycamper Sep 2013 #47

Links please NutmegYankee Sep 2013 #48

I have those number somewhere in my Journal. unhappycamper Sep 2013 #50

Rooting around in one's Journal is more difficult than I thought it would be. unhappycamper Sep 2013 #54

Aluminium?????? Mopar151 Sep 2013 #27

Didn't anyone tell these dumbasses about the galvanic series? jmowreader Sep 2013 #49

I thought it would've been that giant rail gun they're designing. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #28

...the drug war? Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #10

Good thing we have the F-22 to fall back on. bahrbearian Sep 2013 #15

Stop the F35, but the F22 DOES work and works well 7962 Sep 2013 #16

Your kidding me right, it works well? bahrbearian Sep 2013 #19

The F-22 is pointless. dairydog91 Sep 2013 #21

We've always fought against countries armed and flight trained by Russians 7962 Sep 2013 #42

Where did they get the technology? bahrbearian Sep 2013 #52

Worth noting that the article appears to be largely speculation. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2013 #17

$5000 per capita? I think you missed a "carry the 1" somewhere. n/t hughee99 Sep 2013 #30

I don't think so, although I may be wrong. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2013 #31

Sorry it was me. I'm the one who dropped the ball on "carrying the one". hughee99 Sep 2013 #32

Look at it this way: Thank god it doesn't work, or they'd USE it. nt Romulox Sep 2013 #18

And you gotta have a war. undeterred Sep 2013 #20

I may be naive, but which of our current foes has fighter planes to test it out on? libdem4life Sep 2013 #22

We came a hair's breath from a US / Russia confrontation earlier this month.... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #24

Oh my..like real fighters to shoot down, or war games antics-like buzzing each other...hadn't heard? libdem4life Sep 2013 #25

Like U.S. 6th Fleet vs. Russian Mediterranean Task Force... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #26

The point is ... redistribution of the wealth. earthside Sep 2013 #29

A lot of it is middle-class to middle-class transfer. dairydog91 Sep 2013 #33

It would be better for those engineers and manufacturers, etc to be rebuilding our infrastruicture. Incitatus Sep 2013 #35

k&r n/t SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2013 #36

Every idiot supporting this boondoggle ought to read..... lastlib Sep 2013 #37

Welfare for the MIC blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #38

Don't we still make bombers to fight the USSR? AlbertCat Sep 2013 #41

Wouldn't that be something like 3-4 thousand dollars for every person in the USA. ?? BlueJazz Sep 2013 #43

There's only one solution: more cuts to the food stamp program. King_Klonopin Sep 2013 #44

"Bogdan suggested that pilots worried about being shot down should fly cargo aircraft instead" steve2470 Sep 2013 #45

My father worked for a military contractor back in the 70's bighart Sep 2013 #51

good for your dad, an honorable man ! nt steve2470 Sep 2013 #53