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minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoWhy are F-35s so difficult to mass produce anyway? Are there super-labor intensive composites or something?
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoMix of (1) modern warplanes genuinely being hard to make, (2) corruption and (3) Chinese sanctions on a bunch of companies that sell to the Pentagon.
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 hours agoWasn’t the F-35 supposed to be cheaper? Surely they were designed for ease of manufacture?
minus-squareMaxLemminist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 hours agoIt was supposed to be a lot of things. What it became is mostly a ridiculously expensive failure. A true example of the corrupt MIC doing its work.
Why are F-35s so difficult to mass produce anyway? Are there super-labor intensive composites or something?
Mix of (1) modern warplanes genuinely being hard to make, (2) corruption and (3) Chinese sanctions on a bunch of companies that sell to the Pentagon.
the short answer is yes
Wasn’t the F-35 supposed to be cheaper? Surely they were designed for ease of manufacture?
It was supposed to be a lot of things.
What it became is mostly a ridiculously expensive failure.
A true example of the corrupt MIC doing its work.