• zephyreks [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        I mean I’m sure the $400 billion dollars spent on designing the thing must have created something useful and wasn’t just used to line the pockets of executives at Lockheed Martin, right?

      • Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        The F-35 is genuinely an amazing airplane, even if the American MIC is one of, if not the most, evil organisations on the planet.

        • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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          It’s definitely amazing at funneling money into the MIC. The number of crashes and lost planes make me think it isn’t great, but being more of a train person I’ll admit I don’t know much about planes. Not to mention I’ve heard the carrier version has real problems with salt water degrading the stealth coating, but when has salt water been a problem on the ocean, right?