To: Jet Jaguar
A monument to the failure of something designed by committee, to do everything, for everyone, and to bribe every congressional district possible.
A national embarrassment.
2 posted on 
12/07/2013 11:57:06 PM PST by 
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
 
To: DesertRhino
4 posted on 
12/08/2013 1:49:59 AM PST by 
rdcbn
 
To: DesertRhino
FWIW, Wiki says the development contract was signed in 1996.
 The System Development and Demonstration contract was awarded on 26 October 2001 to Lockheed Martin.
 Almost twenty years from “lets do this,” to operational deployment?
 Yes, an incredible embarrassment.
6 posted on 
12/08/2013 3:28:28 AM PST by 
Jacquerie
(An Article V amendment convention is our only hope.)
 
To: DesertRhino
I doubt we’ll ever see full production of the F-35A Edsel.
7 posted on 
12/08/2013 4:44:51 AM PST by 
Dartman
(CDN PM Stephen Harper may not be perfect, but we don't have to be ashamed or embarassed of him.)
 
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