Utopia Talk - Politics - International meeting over troubled F-35
Canada convenes international meeting over troubled F-35 fighters
BY REUTERS AND POSTMEDIA NEWS, POSTMEDIA NEWSFEBRUARY 11, 2012
WASHINGTON - Washington's plan to further slow production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is prompting Canada to convene a meeting with seven other international partners as the countries rethink their own orders for the stealthy new fighter jet.
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Interesting to see what will come out of this meeting, less planes for almost
all partners probably, plans to buy sufficient numbers maybe somewhere in the future, maybe, if possible, probably, likely, we hope, etc.... .
On the design, test and construction side things remain earily quiet for now,
what happened with the hook on the C version, what about the weight issues, what's up with the HMCS, how are things looking at the software development front, what about the structural issues, when is this thing going to fire the first weapons, what about the IPP and engine core reliability issues, What's being done about the fuel tank pressurisation problem and the fuel dump problems, when is this thing going to be able to do M1.6 without burning its tail, overheating cockpit panels, poor reliability for almost all systems, communication troubles for use up north, etc, etc etc.... ?
So many questions, so little answers and solutions and in the meantime our
F16's F18's and other older planes are quickly running out of available hours
while the oldest systems (eg like computer processors) on the "new" F35 are already obsolete.