The US jet fighter that can do it all—maybe (xpost from NSD)

[unhappycamper]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101664089



The US jet fighter that can do it all—maybe
Jane Wells
Tuesday, 13 May 2014 | 2:17 PM ET

On a mile-long assembly line in Ft. Worth, Texas, Lockheed Martin is putting together a jet fighter that no one can match. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be stealthier, smarter, more capable, and more flexible than any aircraft ever built.

It better be. It's costing American taxpayers close to $1 billion. A month.

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$1 trillion program

A lot is riding on the Joint Strike Fighter's success. A hundred jets have been built so far, and they are being tested by the military. The first combat-ready airplane is slated to be delivered next year. Eventually there will be more than 2,400 flying for the U.S. military, with allies buying hundreds more.

However, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office found that issues remain with some of the jet's software, a problem that could again delay the rollout of an aircraft that has already dealt with an array of problems and seen its original price tag double. Developing, buying, and maintaining the F-35 program over the next half century will cost about $1 trillion, with a "T."


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Afghanistan = $2 billion dollars a week. For 12 years.
Zumwalt-class destroyers = $5.6+ billion dollars.
Ford-class aircraft carriers = $16 ~ $40 billion dollars.

[msongs]

1. it's primary target is the wallets and purses of US taxpayers. mission accomplished nt

[GeorgeGist]

2. Trickle down now has more fiber.

Elephant Dung is nutritious.

[jtuck004]

3. $1.2 trillion/yr for banksters to gain new profits from so the trade in high end and investment

property makes money for everyone except the people who really do the work to put and keep the houses there. Works too. Banks announced record profits last year.

The ability to destruct may be an illusion, while real power lies elsewhere. All the jet can do is blow them up. The banksters foreclosed on 7 million families, ruined countless lives with a damage that will extend for generations, donated lots of money to political parties, and still have 9 million homes under water to drain. Banks are hugely profitable, for the banksters.

They even buy the politicians that direct those silly birds. All without firing a shot.