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Re:Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters by HumanDrivenDev on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @01:46PM (#16431839)
Did you get your 50 cents for that post, anonymous new account?
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Re:Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters by eddieplan9 on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @01:55PM (#16431906)
For those who don't know what 50 cents refers to: they are internet commentators employed by the Chinese government for (dis)information campaigns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party

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Re:Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters by HumanDrivenDev on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @02:19PM (#16432103)
That's the one.

They've made 3 posts here, all of which are quoting pro-chinese military articles with minimal contributions of their own.

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=wrg91237

Not the first time I've seen stuff like this.

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Re:Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters by grzm on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @02:22PM (#16432124)
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