It is true there has been alot of cost over runs, but it is a very complicated program.

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Jody — 7/15/2013 10:59:42 PM (archived)

Along with the F22...the F-35 is the only plane with stealth technology.

It is going to replace alot of legacy aircraft, for the US and the allied countries.

The pentagon decided to accomplish design development and production concurrently and in hindsight this was probably a mistake considering the complexity of the program.
What countries are bailing?

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The F-35 - Why other countries are bailing out. - bowser - 7/15/2013 1:03:37 AM
- Here is a link that might shed some light - Jody - 7/18/2013 1:01:18 AM
- Pentagon lowers F-35 performance bar - bowser - 7/16/2013 12:56:06 AM
  - The development cycle. - ER - 7/16/2013 1:01:38 PM
    - This one is so far behind that some say the Russians and Chinese have passed it. - bowser - 7/17/2013 6:49:38 PM
      - Prove it. - Jody - 7/18/2013 12:48:30 AM
        
        11-09-11 F-35 officially 7 years late. Operating capability not until 2018. - bowser - 7/20/2013 1:01:22 AM
      - By hacking our computers and stealing technology. - Jody - 7/17/2013 7:33:34 PM
        
        Shocking! We wouldn't do that. - ER - 7/17/2013 10:28:31 PM
- It is true there has been alot of cost over runs, but it is a very complicated program. - Jody - 7/15/2013 10:59:42 PM
- The big train that could... - FrankC - 7/15/2013 6:07:37 PM
- American Foxbat - ER - 7/15/2013 12:54:41 PM
  - "Highly paid Defense Industry workers" - TB - 7/15/2013 4:04:11 PM
    - Is there some reason some workers shouldn't be highly paid? That offends you, doesn't it. - bowser - 7/16/2013 12:59:29 AM
      - The point, and there was one... - TB - 7/16/2013 2:08:23 AM
        
        I sure was wrong on that one. My sincere apologies. - bowser - 7/16/2013 2:14:04 AM
        
        No problem. - TB - 7/16/2013 2:23:04 AM
    - Give me a break, Tom. - ER - 7/15/2013 4:55:57 PM
      - You don't handle this stuff very well, do you? - TB - 7/15/2013 6:48:10 PM
        
        What stuff? - ER - 7/15/2013 7:59:27 PM
        
        Intellectual rebuttal, for one, either delivering or accepting it. - TB - 7/15/2013 11:51:07 PM
        
        So it was Clinton's fault, eh? - ER - 7/16/2013 1:16:30 AM

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