alcoholicorn comments on Components - US components, Russian components

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Why are F-35s so difficult to mass produce anyway? Are there super-labor intensive composites or something?

[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

the short answer is yes

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[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

Wasn't the F-35 supposed to be cheaper? Surely they were designed for ease of manufacture?

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[–] MaxLemminist@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

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.

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[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works [S] 2 points 1 week ago

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.

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