According to the Rand war scenario developed for the Pentagon, the most expensive military weapon in the history of mankind is a complete and utter failure. The futuristic warplane is supposed to replace all other jet fighters in the US arsenal at a cost of $1 trillion and climbing. As one critic published a few weeks ago, thatÂ’s enough money to buy a $100,000 home for every homeless family in America for the next six generations.
The F-35 didnÂ’t fail because of its recurring engine fires or the problems itÂ’s still having with vertical landings and take-offs. It failed because it was designed to do too many things. And sometimes, especially in war, quantity beats quality. We used to joke as teens that you could line up the Chinese and machinegun them down all day and night and they would still reproduce faster than we could eliminate them. Ironically enough, thatÂ’s basically the tactic that leads to AmericaÂ’s defeat to the Chinese military in Pentagon simulations.
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