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Old 1st May 2015, 13:53
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Lonewolf_50
 
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Designed and manufactured at Lockheed Martin's massive production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, the F-35 Lightning II can carry
an impressive 18,000 pounds of lethal ammunition.
Wait, how much non-lethal ammo can it carry?

The business insider puff piece caters to ... whom?
Commence nitpicking.
How cost was presented. The article called it the most expensive, at $103 million per copy. The single most expensive weapons carrying vehicle that I am familiar with is a Seawolf submarine: something over 3 billion. The next most pricy aircraft is the B-2, at something close to a billion a copy. On the other hand, the volume of these probably tips the program cost into the highest ever category ... the mini article noted the notional size of the buy, but didn't do the arithmetic to show why it's the most expensive program
End nitpicking
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