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[–] Akh@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

F-35 is supposed to be stealth, it turns out to be extremely expensive garbage. Taxpayers should be angry at Lockheed

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 12 hours ago

The F-35 was designed from the start to be a revenue stream. Everything you hear about it is pure, unadulterated marketing wank.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago

That has been known a long time, called a 'complete failure' by their own generals.
Took some time to prove it since the cowards never fought an adversary that could defend itself.
Despite plenty of data and negative articles many of our sell-out EU vassals 'decided' to buy these also immensely expensive things.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 23 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I mean it's stealth in one spectrum. Evidently the geniuses who designed the flying Cybertruck didn't consider other spectrums like thermal.

[–] Haquer@lemmy.today 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Stealth in one spectrum, at very specific angles (mostly front facing). It's a joke

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 17 hours ago

The whole thing was basically a giant grift from the very start.

[–] flint@lemmy.ml 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

tfw the grift is so extensive even the defense industry is a scam

[–] ScientifficDoggo@lemmy.zip 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The defense industry has ALWAYS been a scam though...

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 4 points 17 hours ago

Yup, we subsidize them at every step and then pay whatever they ask. Then it all fails to deliver any results.

[–] Dionysus@leminal.space 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Taxpayers are too stupid to grasp numbers this big.

They only care about the wealth tax on people who make more than 400k a year. That's a number they can understand cause it's roughly a house.

Even though the twats who vote for this rarely hit that level of income.