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The latest saga about the F-35.
"Few people even realize deliveries of new F-35s have been suspended for the past year.
Why are deliveries suspended?
Because they don't work properly. 🤣 They have NEVER worked properly.
The F-35B (STOVL version) and the F-35C (carrier version) are particularly problem-ridden.
And now it looks like the earliest possible "fixed-by date" has been pushed well into the 2030s.
The F-35 is not now, and it likely never will be "combat-capable". Like most US weapons systems, it was made to sell, not to fight."
https://x.com/imetatronink/status/1811855170739012055
Talking about F-35s,I am reminded of the time when Turkey bought S-400s and had to be excluded from the F-35 program.
The same thing happened with some other countries too, which dropped out of F-35 program for one reason or another.
I think F-35 had always been sabotaged from the beginning because they were planning for the post US NWO.
*** Great News ***
Projected costs for sustaining the F-35s have continued to rise from $1.1 trillion in 2018 to $1.58 trillion 5 years later (a 44% increase).
This increase is in part due to the extension of the service life of the aircraft from 2077 in 2018 to 2088 in 2023.
https://www.gao.gov/blog/f-35-will-now-exceed-2-trillion-military-plans-fly-it-less#:~:text=Projected%20costs%20for%20sustaining%20the,2018%20to%202088%20in%202023.