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canuckledragger

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8. I don't think they really cared whether it worked or not.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 11:28 AM

Oct 2014

It's all about siphoning taxpayer money into MIC pockets.

Like that scene in the original Robocop movie when the one corporate asshole was bullying the other one, whining about the loss of his ED-209 contract and all the perks it gave him..."Who cared it it worked!"

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Lockheed’s F-35 Stealth Fighter: A $1.5 Trillion Waste of Tax Dollars [View all] unhappycamper Oct 2014 OP

Even if it worked, it wouldn't make us safer. Scuba Oct 2014 #1

Even if it worked. Even if it was the greatest plane of all time it would still be a bad choice. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #3

Considering the nature of the US "opponent" our current fighter force is more than adequate. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author bahrbearian Oct 2014 #4

Not entirely. Turbineguy Oct 2014 #5

It is slower less manuverable than current generation of fighter aircraft. gordianot Oct 2014 #6

That is why Lockheed won't win 6th generation fighter contract... TRoN33 Oct 2014 #7

I don't think they really cared whether it worked or not. canuckledragger Oct 2014 #8

IMO, the money could have been better spent on advanced UAV type aircraft. nt ladjf Oct 2014 #9