F-35: How the U.S. and Its Allies Got Stuck with the World’s Worst New Warplane

fatbuckRTO · 11-15-2013, 10:56 AM

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/5c95d45f86a5

I do tend to wonder if the author is on the Boeing or General Dynamics payroll. But at the same time, ignoring negative war games outcomes (or sometimes twisting the results to a positive) seems to be SOP at the Pentagon. Before I joined the military I never would have guessed doe-eyed optimism was a common trait among generals...

11-15-2013, 10:56 AM	#1
fatbuckRTO This is not the sig line. Join Date: Dec 2008 Moto: Be prepared. What? Oh, moto... Posts: 1,279	F-35: How the U.S. and Its Allies Got Stuck with the World’s Worst New Warplane https://medium.com/war-is-boring/5c95d45f86a5 I do tend to wonder if the author is on the Boeing or General Dynamics payroll. But at the same time, ignoring negative war games outcomes (or sometimes twisting the results to a positive) seems to be SOP at the Pentagon. Before I joined the military I never would have guessed doe-eyed optimism was a common trait among generals... __________________ This was no time for half measures. He was a captain, godsdammit. An officer. Things like this didn't present a problem for an officer. Officers had a tried and tested way of solving problems like this. It was called a sergeant. -Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

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