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General News    H3'ed 9/11/16

US ramping up F35 acquisitions despite F35 testing which shows the planes are still garbage and have too few weapons

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The f35 has already cost $400b and is failing. Time to finally pull the plug?
The f35 has already cost $400b and is failing. Time to finally pull the plug?
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A 16 page defense department memo states that the F35 is not combat ready and is not on track for combat readiness. It was a memo for the undersecretary of the department of defense and was issued from the Pentagon’s top testing official. It based largely upon the Air Force’s own test data and showed that the declarations of combat readiness were wildly premature.

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