[Zhang Fei]

[Low cost, survivable, effective are not words permitted in the planning rooms.]

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That’s a unicorn like good, cheap and fast (pick any two). Completely unattainable without a very expensive revolutionary leap involving large cash outlays on R&D. Which is what the F-35 is all about.

[PIF]

You were just arguing for WWII production with fast cheap and survivable, now that’s a unicorn? I’m confused.

The F-35 is all about making the many Pentagon Planners and other Perfumed Princes proud of their cutting edge toys is all - service wide.