▲ 123 ▼ Components - US components, Russian components - all made in Shenzhen (europe.pub) submitted 6 days ago by emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works to c/memes@lemmy.ml 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago (4 children) Why are F-35s so difficult to mass produce anyway? Are there super-labor intensive composites or something? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 days ago (2 children) the short answer is yes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 1 point 5 days ago (1 child) Wasn't the F-35 supposed to be cheaper? Surely they were designed for ease of manufacture? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MaxLemminist@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works [S] 2 points 5 days 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 days ago (2 children) the short answer is yes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 1 point 5 days ago (1 child) Wasn't the F-35 supposed to be cheaper? Surely they were designed for ease of manufacture? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MaxLemminist@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 1 point 5 days ago (1 child) Wasn't the F-35 supposed to be cheaper? Surely they were designed for ease of manufacture? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MaxLemminist@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MaxLemminist@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works [S] 2 points 5 days 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. permalink fedilink source parent
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