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2016-03-19 Government

How Lockheed Martin's Grand Plan for the F-35 Fell Apart

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Instead of a simple but mighty OPTIMUS PRIME = TRIPLE-CHANGER AUTOBOT TRANSFORMER, it devol into a SUPER-DUPER-OMEGA-SUPREME/AUTOBOT CITY way wayyy way-y-y beyond anyone's dreams.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2016-03-19 02:15|| 2016-03-19 02:15|| Front Page Top

#2 And the next breakthrough technology aircraft will be so expensive that the Air Force and Navy together will only be able to buy one. They will share it on alternating days. The Marines get it on Leap Day.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-03-19 10:21|| 2016-03-19 10:21|| Front Page Top

#3 ...$1.5 trillion...

Which is the price for development and purchase and maintenance for three separate subtypes over a twenty-five year period.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-03-19 12:46|| 2016-03-19 12:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Aw Snowy, you know rules, it's a small town we gotta support the team, and the team sez F-35 is a stinker. Open up the A-10 and F-22 lines (486 with coprocessor!). :)

Posted by Shipman 2016-03-19 19:05|| 2016-03-19 19:05|| Front Page Top

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