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      But Lockheed is a front runner for that too.

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          Why would they be impacted? What’s their competition?

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            Not sure the specifics, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there were countries interested in a next generation fighter jet, and is capable of buying from either the US or China.

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          Producing literally hundreds of a single type of airplane with orders for the next decade or so isn’t exactly “nothing to show for”.

          And even if you discount the actual sales, getting billions in development budget from the US government is pretty good for business.

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          Have you seen their performance in Iran recently? They seem really good air to ground.

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                  What’s your source that it was totally ineffective? Iran?

                  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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                    There is zero evidence of any damage done to Iran. There is no satellite footage, no videos of the explosions. There is nothing. When Iran attacked Israeli base we had actual hard evidence of what the results were. One has to be an incredibly credulous rube to believe that Israel and Yankeestan were able to attack Iran when they’re unable to provide any evidence of that. You’re such a great illustration how effective propaganda can be on people who are incapable of critical thinking.

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      F35 is guaranteed to be better than a “6th generation” Chinese plane and they can be upgraded anyway. And it’s actually very successful now with a very cheap per plane cost.