In the meantime China added insult to injury developing Shenyang J-35 which both looks and is named incredibly similar to F-35, but it actually works good enough that PLAN will most likely order some for their carriers.
It’s worth keeping in mind that while F35 is an absolute failure as a weapon, it’s been a stellar success at doing what it’s actually meant to do, which is to soak up as much tax money as humanly possible.
Exactly, and it’s only a tip of the iceberg that got spilled up because they went too openly greedy with it.
Also it remind me when Poland constructed a bog standard corvette, but it ended up taking 19 years, costed so much you could buy 3 comparable corvettes in German shipyard and was ultimately finished as huge but barely armed patrol boat.
capitalist efficiency in action :)
Jesus, people were predicting this in 2001.
Good thing Canada wants to buy a bunch, basically a parallel upgrade for the constantly breaking down F/18 jets 😂
(I do not condone the purchase, just think it’s funny in a sad waste of money way)
being a Canadian is depressing af
The Osprey is the greatest anti-imperialist force on the planet 🫡
America’s Flying Tesla Truck
lmao
Calling it America’s flying cybertruck is the best and most accurate dig ever thrown at this project
“The Trump administration should bear in mind we’ve been flying the F-35 for 18 years and we still can’t maintain it, keep its stealth skin intact or shoot its gun straight,” Williams said in a statement.
Lol. Lmao.
keep its stealth skin intact
Did they ever fix the B2’a stealth coating being rinsed off by rain?
I once worked with a lady who’s husband did maintenance work on f-35s or something like that. I commented that he probably has his hands full just keeping them from falling apart. She was confused and said they’re actually really solid and reliable… I still don’t believe her.
he was confused and said they’re actually really solid and reliable
Maybe she meant as a family source of income?
I remember being a kid born in burgerland and thinking that the F35 was the coolest shit ever.
Finding it out to be garbage is a pretty good metaphor for my radicalization journey and current view of the US
