How The F-35 Turned Into Such A Disaster
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It may look good, but the F-35 Lightning II has some serious issues, and it has a long way to go before it can be rolled out for combat missions.
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It's gone through 20,000 tests of its systems, but has about 40,000 more to go.
Despite this, it's not likely that the F-35 will ever be scrapped. As we reported back in November, there are simply too many countries that have invested time and money into the program.
It is, quite literally, an aircraft that is "too big to fail" despite facing lifetime operating costs for the US Fleet of $1 trillion.
We've gone back and looked at the biggest problems with the F-35 program, according to an official Pentagon report.
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