F-35 (fighter jet) to go live this month

[josieposy]

This entire program is what gets my blood pressure up (at a total cost of almost $1 trillion). Way too much stuff to C&P but if fiscal issues and defense contractors are your flavor, then you'll probably want to read this one.

www.cnn.com/2015/07/16/politics/f-35-jsf-operational-costs/index.html?sr=fb071615jet730aVODtopLink

[meltoine]

I hope they got the OBOGS right this time.

[simpsongal]

To paraphrase Garth, I smell bacon and other pork products....

[cattledogkisses]

This entire program is what gets my blood pressure up (at a total cost of almost $1 trillion).


THIS.  This right here is why I see red when people want to put military healthcare and retirement benefits on the chopping block in order to trim the defense budget. 

Maybe stop funding trillion-dollar planes that we don't need first, hmmm?

[IIOY]

Oh hai, ask me how I feel about this kind of spending.

ETA: and now that I've finished the article, I hate all these lying ass shady muthafuckas.  Your tax dollars at (non-functional) work!

[josieposy]

I've read way too many articles about this over the past few years. I'm just dumbfounded. The folks in charge barely blink when continuing to throw money at an extremely expensive plane that can get out-maneuvered easily by an F-16, has multiple technical problems, and has been allowed to become too big to fail.

[IIOY]

Jul 16, 2015 10:14:47 GMT -5 josieposy said:

I've read way too many articles about this over the past few years. I'm just dumbfounded. The folks in charge barely blink when continuing to throw money at an extremely expensive plane that can get out-maneuvered easily by an F-16, has multiple technical problems, and has been allowed to become too big to fail.

I used to follow this story and had to stop a while back because I found it all unspeakably frustrating that it was upsetting me to no good end.  This is the military-industrial complex gone wild.  Mark my words, someone is going to conjure a war we can start just to justify the existence of this bullshit.  

Maybe I should put this in the conspiracy thread.

[josieposy]

Jul 16, 2015 10:20:57 GMT -5 IIOY said:

Jul 16, 2015 10:14:47 GMT -5 josieposy said:

I've read way too many articles about this over the past few years. I'm just dumbfounded. The folks in charge barely blink when continuing to throw money at an extremely expensive plane that can get out-maneuvered easily by an F-16, has multiple technical problems, and has been allowed to become too big to fail.

I used to follow this story and had to stop a while back because I found it all unspeakably frustrating that it was upsetting me to no good end.  This is the military-industrial complex gone wild.  Mark my words, someone is going to conjure a war we can start just to justify the existence of this bullshit.  

Maybe I should put this in the conspiracy thread.

With the number of countries involved in this deal, I would sit there with you.