Pentagon Pain: F-35 stealth fighter jet 'one of worst planes we've ever designed'
RT • Published on Jun 21, 2014
The world's most expensive weapon, the 400 billion dollar F-35 - an aircraft whose price-tag just went even higher thanks to additional funding. Plagued by delays, massive cost over-runs and bloating bureaucracy the jet's left even its top backers somewhat underwhelmed. And to cover the price, the plane's now being touted to foreign buyers, as RT's Marina Portnaya explains.
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to see this plane fly, go see it. It was the most impressive show of maneuverability of an aircraft I've ever seen. But, fighter jets need to be able to do other things too 
Lockheed-Martin, et. al. should just drive some U-Haul trucks up to the Pentagon Pay Master's Office and load pallets of our tax money onto them and send them right over to their banks for deposit. It's simpler and more honest.
- Like in Iraq.
but they are better disguised now than then. 
...the disguise they used the last time was damn good. Who would have believed they'd let this clown oversee $12 billion? {His helmet is a size or so too big!}
- Sort of looks like KKKarl Rove if you squint your eyes just right.....
- So as you can see, there's a future in The Future -- now. But not later......Taxpayer Dollars.
I think this F-35 was one that even some in our Military thought was a Boondoggle..but those Congress Critters who would benefit manage to RAM it Through?
If DRONES are the lastest THING that is Sucessful....then why do we need the F-35? And supposedly ROBOTS will be doing all our "on the ground fighting" so why do we even need soldiers or Fighter Jets? Unless we put robot in Fighter Jet for Massive Aerial Bombing......of WHO? 
Local businesses that supply defense contractors benefit, so they pressure Congresscritters to keep the supply-lines flowing.
- The way to insure mega-corruption is to start with mini-corruption.
