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Old 4th Aug 2016, 22:34
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Turbine D
 
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tdracer,
Interesting take on the F-35...
Thanks for posting this article, it represents what I have been attempting to say all along. The one thing about history is, we learn we don't learn and that will be the history of the F-35 for the next generation of aircraft developers to see and not repeat. It isn't that I am anti-F-35, it is that I am anti-stupid people that do stupid things that history has demonstrated can't be done. I mean really, why did the F-4 Phantom, the F-15, the F-16 and the F-18 come into being? Because of a stupid decision railroaded through by McNamara simply on the basis of poor data to save money that resulted in a boondoggle that hardly worked for anything. Only time will tell what damage will result from the stupid idea that one airplane can excellently perform missions for three different military services and save money doing it.
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