The F-35 is the Pentagon’s newest
war plane and it’s most expensive weapons system ever. We are spending nearly 400 Billion dollars to
buy just 2,400 aircraft. That costs twice as much as it takes to put a man on
the moon. I’m not sure why we had to do that but we did and were the first to
do it. In fact, China recently put an unmanned craft
on the moon. The only other country to go there was Russia. We don’t care about
that anymore. We need the best airplane ever. This is the reality while the
President and Congress are arguing about how to reduce the Federal Deficit.
Sure cut programs to the poor and to the public but don’t cut spending a dime
on the military’s[CS1]
newest toy. Shame on all the idiots we
voted for.
What is even worse is that this
plane is 7 years behind schedule and 163 Billion dollars over budget. Who the
hell would continue to pay for something that has so many things wrong with it
and pay for the repairs? At one point we all say, ”I am
not going to pay for your mistakes anymore.” The plane’s manufacturer is
Lockheed Martin and we should bomb the company out of existance. They are
building the planes in Fort Worth, Texas and costs $ 115 Million dollars each. I
hope there are gold screws holding
They believe this aircraft will
give an astounding advantage in combat because of its combination of stealth
and information technology. We all know that the guy who shoots first has a
great advantage in a fight. Well this plane can detect another plane
approaching nearly 10 times faster than existing planes. The technology can scan 360 degrees searching
for threats and tell the pilot the altitude and speed of an approaching aircraft
through the visor in the helmet. The helmet is custom fitted to each pilots’ head. The helmet along with the computer system that
makes it work costs more than a half Million dollars.
Ok so spend all the money on this
stuff. But don’t tell me that on any given day that more than half of the
planes are not operating for maintainers or repairs. The bugs and glitches are astounding. They
have a plane that is unknown and they 7 years later are still trying to get
done what they paid the contractor to do. A number of defects were detected and
restricted the plane from getting off the ground literally. Stupid stuff like
the wing lights did not conform to FAA standards. Really? They don’t know the
kind of lights approved for air flight? They found out that the tires were
wearing out as much as 4 times faster than were expected. They did not create a
tire durable enough to withstand the bounce of a vertical landing and the
toughness to withstand a conventional landing.
Tires are not rocket science and
for billions of bucks they should be able to put some tread on the things.
Basic common sense
tells us all to test drive before we buy. With planes, they should not throw
away old fashioned flight testing to computer plans and simulators. Fly before
you buy. Make sure the design specks are all
there before you go into production and most of all pay no one in full up
front. The government paid Lockheed first before anything was delivered. I say
put all the bums in jail. Sue the Defense department on behalf of the taxpayers
for Acquisition Malpractice. Why not? Who is representing us and the purchases
our tax dollars pay for?
No project should be 7 years
behind schedule and more than $160 Billion dollars over budget. To stop the
bleeding the Defense Department poured an additional $4.6 Billion dollars into flight
testing. What a nightmare that most Americans don’t even know exists.
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