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flotsam

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5. In the last week

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 02:16 AM

Mar 2021

an F35 fired a round that "exploded prematurely" and caused over a million dollars of damage to the F 35 that landed successfully. If a single round cooks off and causes over a million dollars of damage and the plane can still land it is a POS.

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The F-35 may be unsalvageable [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2021 OP

Half-a-trillion dollars down the rathole already... regnaD kciN Mar 2021 #1

THIS. area51 Mar 2021 #10

How do you screw something up that badly? And Trump had nothing to do with it. rickyhall Mar 2021 #2

This is a hit piece. Mosby Mar 2021 #3

It is definitely a hit piece. VMA131Marine Mar 2021 #4

In the last week flotsam Mar 2021 #5

Dust off the F-22s. speak easy Mar 2021 #6

So the F-35 costs too much so get one that costs twice as much while doing less? EX500rider Mar 2021 #9

The F-35 is the sort of boondoggle speak easy Mar 2021 #7

They knew, going in, it wouldn't work. Kid Berwyn Mar 2021 #8

I doubt the RAND study would work out in the real world. EX500rider Mar 2021 #11

What the reality shows supports RAND. Kid Berwyn Mar 2021 #13

When a bunch of foreign countries bought the F-35, trained pilots, mechanics and more, it proves... machoneman Mar 2021 #12

"F-35 Hitmen Put U.S. And Partner Lives At Risk" EX500rider Mar 2021 #14