America’s Military Can’t Repair Its Own $1.7 Trillion Jet | Only about half of the U.S.’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is operational at any time due to difficulties with repairs, which must go throu…::Only about half of the U.S.’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is operational at any time due to difficulties with repairs, which must go through contractors.

  • n3m37h@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What an amazing use of our tax dollars, first ya overlook every other plane manufacturer make it a competition between Lockheed and Boeing… Fuck the American govt for pushing this shit on us. I want my Canadian tax dollars back for the JSF Program.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly! How dare they spend American tax dollars paying American companies to employ American citizens!

      Wait…

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      1 year ago

      Imagine if Canada and the other NATO members paid their fair share of defense. Or medical research.

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        1 year ago

        That’s because we actually pay our infantry and treat them when they get home instead of tossing em on their ass and letting them become homeless

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          1 year ago

          Regardless of how you treat them we’d still be subsidizing your defense. And we have some pretty wild disparities in how we treat people depending on weird shit.

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      1 year ago

      It actually is and you should be greatful. If you don’t like it might as well move to China or Russia right now.

      • n3m37h@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        The fuck is wrong with you? Did you forget about Britain and Sweden? America has been ruining Canada for a fucking long time. We should have saidz fuck you and your shit missiles, we’re building the Arrow