Message from @Louis
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and merry Impeachmas
@Louis The key word here is *wastes*. I'm not claiming that there aren't areas where are military could be improved. I'm saying there is a massive fucking pit that all our money is getting sucked into from every branch of government. Wherever that money is going its getting wasted
Miltary does not waste as much money as you think
F35 for example was a legit program with one problem that made it a money sink
An audit would have wasted all that money and cancelled the f35
After being so close to done
The f35 all things considered was not that bad
But thats just the example people make
The problem was thinking that having one chassis for three different models would make it cheaper.
It didnt
To be honest, the F-35 was a considerable fucking waste of funding. I would advocate the F-22 as a versatile and reliable alternative to the F-35.
The F35 *is* not all that bad, but it *was* all that bad before they got their act together and stopped trying to 10-up SAAB
F-22 no
F-22 is a air superiority fighter
And super fucking expensive per unit
f35 in general purpose
As much as i like the f-22
It is not general purpose
And that's the problem. An air superiority aircraft should never be cheaper than a general purpose fighter jet.
It wasnt
I'm just reading the writing on the wall. The F-35 is arguably the premier funding fuck-up for 2018.
zumwalt tbh
zumwalt was the same thing as the f22
pretty much
No
except zumwalt production was canceled earlier
The f22 can shoot its guns and the USAF will still have money left over after a few volleys
F35 costs 85 million per unit
Christ that hurts to read
f22 costs 150 million per unit
about double
and keep in mind that alot of electronic systems in the f22 is in the f35
Zumwalt was 4.4B for the hull
Zumwalt is a good ship.
The war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq. One of the main problems is foreign wars. We've been in Afghanistan for 18 years and its accomplished close to nothing. Allll the way back 2002 top generals were talking about how much of a shit show it was
For testing
Railguns
not much else
legit dont care