Canada, you have my sympathy
Jun. 18th, 2014 12:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thewayneIt was just announced that Canada is going to buy 65 F-35 fighters.
Where does this fail me? Let me count the ways. The biggest mistake was that the Pentagon bought in to the defense industry saying that 'this plane can do everything! Air superiority! Low-level bombing! Launch from carriers! Hover like a Harrier! And STEALTH!' Well, the problem is that if it can do everything, it'll do nothing well.
The problems have been numerous, up to the point of building actual planes before the designs were finalized, requiring those units to go back to the factory for massive refits. It's been unreliable, requires massive maintenance hours per flight hours, and is basically a total POS. Countries around the world have cancelled orders, and the fiscally-conservative government of Canada is going to drop $9 billion Canadian on it.
My sincerest condolences at your loss of sanity.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKBN0EG2P820140605?sp=true
Where does this fail me? Let me count the ways. The biggest mistake was that the Pentagon bought in to the defense industry saying that 'this plane can do everything! Air superiority! Low-level bombing! Launch from carriers! Hover like a Harrier! And STEALTH!' Well, the problem is that if it can do everything, it'll do nothing well.
The problems have been numerous, up to the point of building actual planes before the designs were finalized, requiring those units to go back to the factory for massive refits. It's been unreliable, requires massive maintenance hours per flight hours, and is basically a total POS. Countries around the world have cancelled orders, and the fiscally-conservative government of Canada is going to drop $9 billion Canadian on it.
My sincerest condolences at your loss of sanity.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKBN0EG2P820140605?sp=true
