The GAO said the F-35A, the fighter variant used by the US Air Force, "did not meet its mission capable goals in any of the years we reviewed." The GAO also found the F-35B and F-35C variants, used by the Marine Corps and Navy, failed to meet their goals over all six years as well.
truely the cybertruck of 5th Gen fighters
Meet goals? Never!
We should have a comm for uplifting news but it's all just how the American empire is a paper tiger
Call it c/origami
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OTOH, it's doing almost exactly what Lockheed Martin executives want it to do
Poor underfunded US military can't make even a jet they're just too poor 
In April the program was estimated to cost $2 trillion. But - of course - the total cost will keep going up.
The F-35 fighter will now cost more than $2 trillion | Responsible Statecraft
Apr 16, 2024
The F-35 fighter jet program will cost taxpayers more than $2 trillion over its lifetime, cementing its place as one of the most expensive weapons programs in U.S. history.
"healthcare bls"
:doomer:
Consider that upgrading the entire nuclear arsenal was planned to cost $1T. It's mind boggling
Critical support on neoliberalism destroying neoliberalism.
Have they tried spending an additional 12B on top of that?
I'm sure they will if they can spare that from the proxy wars against Russia and Iran ๐
America should actually buy J-20s and SU-57s from other countries real shit
C'mon, go bankrupt already.
I hope we get wiped by Iran.
Still applicable decades later https://youtu.be/IKQlQlQ6_pk?gyJZ1EG8er6G6QSz
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Problem? Problem for no one but them.
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