[Zhang Fei]

[So what you are saying is that the services that use the F-35 actually bought a high-priced POS? Great.]

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TheDrive.com is warmed-over trash. That’s the POS, not the F-35. We have numerous foreign customers forking out cold hard cash for this plane, and they’re not known for being shy about choosing non-American platforms if that’s what it takes to get the best bang for the buck.

Their procurement budgets are tight and getting tighter, as they have convinced themselves that their virtue has kept them sovereign, not a strong defense. They’re in no mood to buy overpriced garbage, and they certainly have the option of purchasing Swedish, French, British and even Russian hardware as alternatives. They are also able to buy the F-18 and the F-15. And yet they keep coming back to the F-35. That’s not an accident.

[nascarnation]

My SIL is an engineer on the lift fan system (Rolls Royce) for the B variant. So it’s definitely a job creator.