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#224: The United States of Lockheed Martin

Macroaggressions

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The F 35 Is a Fighter, an Interduction Bomber and a Disaster as a Carrier

The F-35 has been described as ineffective as a fighter, an interduction bomber and completely unsuitable for carrier operations. It can't fly in the desert or anywhere where there's like sand. Sand is cryptonite to f 35s; just throw handfuls of sand at it. And they only fly two sorties per week. So seven days in a week, two days you are able to fly. Five days you're in maintenance. That sounds like a disaster to mem.

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