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Re:F-35: What The Pilots Say by lotsofpulp on Thursday March 28, 2019 @07:20AM (#19511071)
Sharing with allies for cost and geopolitical reasons is good for the contractors designing and building th plane.

You spread around the tax dollars spent on jobs between many different US states and counties, and voila, immunity from politicians. Kick that up to a nation scale, and you really have something good going.

Taking advantage of people’s interest in only their immediate future and their immediate surroundings, and people’s willingness to ignore long term and worldwide costs is a path to success and a downside of “democracy”.

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Re:F-35: What The Pilots Say by et2o on Thursday March 28, 2019 @10:10AM (#19512318)
A strategy to advance the geopolitical stability of America and its Allies is about the opposite of taking a short-term view.
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Re:F-35: What The Pilots Say by lotsofpulp on Thursday March 28, 2019 @11:19AM (#19513041)
There are far better ways to advance geopolitical stability than a boondoggle of an aircraft project, especially when the military is already so far ahead of everyone else. However, this specifically results in lots of long term high paying defense contractor jobs in many congressional districts. We could have beefed up education, research, space exploration, energy efficiency improvements, mass transit, etc.
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