Next-gen jet may cost triple an F-35 — too expensive to build at scaleIn next-gen fighter programs, critics warn US is already falling behind China
what exactly is the f35 good for?what was wrong with f22, f16, and b2 bombers? should have just built more of them.
>>532787054>what exactly is the f35 good for?Considering every nation on the planet bought as many as the US was willing to sell them, you should ask them what they liked about it.
looks soulless
>>532787054Sucking up military investments of "allies" so they don't go all in on drones.
>>532787054F35' a stealth strike fighter that can defend itself air to air. An F22 is an absolutely superb air superiority fighter, but it lacks the range of a dedicated interceptor. The F-47 supposedly has significantly better supercruise and AI enhanced controls for drone wingman aircraft. The truth is it's classified and nobody whose read in on it is talking so everything is speculative about it. Expect at least a half a decade or more of hyperbolic clickbait and fan fiction before the actual verdict is in on it.
How come America can't make anything without it costing triple what a near-peer adversary would pay for a roughly similar level of performance?
>>532786959How could it be that expensive? Where is all that money going?I heard the full unit price is calculated by the development cost divided by the number of planes + the actual unit cost, and that's why B2 bombers cost $2B each.That still doesn't make sense that it's development could be that expensive, though
>>532787408Short answer: Its the Jews. Long answer: It is the Jews.
>>532788173Capitalism
>>532787054It communicates well with other gizmos so it has nice sight, range and survivalbility.
>>532786959That's a fucking ridiculous price, you'd be better off building some cheap shit that's not at all stealthy, but can carry and assload of missiles and a good radar set.
>>532787408MIC jews scamming government jews and fudging accounting prices so that more taxpayer money can get into jew handsThis is why an ammo pouch can somehow cost $200
>>532787408Unrelated but I want to see the J-20S' with the new fancy engines and J-35s completely obliterating whatever shitty 4th gens India can muster. It's so sad the J-20 will go out of service without a single A2A kill when the J-10 already lost its virginity to a cute Rafale :(
>>532787133they bought them for the same reason why normalfags buy new iphones "its the new one"
>>532787408No industry. Ship sailed in the 90's and now we cant build.
>>532787133they bought it because coruption and paing off polititians
>>532788173Remember when /k/ fags told us that these 3 screws needed to be "checked thoroughly 12x times before it passes quality control" etc. Who actually fell for this shit lol? Milspec is just cheapest bidder at the end of the day lol.
>>532790745If you get rid of the cockpit, you immediately have much more room for internal bomb bays.
>>532792008NI HAOOO CHINKSECT
>>532786959I think its something like low rate initial production where the 300 mil is to float the construction and refining of the assembly line from start to finish and once that is fully set up the price probably goes down to 200 mil for the plane itself still a scam though and will probably end up like an f-22 where is very good but only 150 will be made
>>532787408That's how all government contracts work.
>>532787054The F-35 is basically a cheaper version of the F-22
>>532787054>what was wrong with f22, f16, and b2 bombers? should have just built more of them.It was good for export. Our countries are too poor to have like 500 kinds of aircraft. So we bought a jet that can do everything okayish
>>532786959>source: it came to me in a dream
