British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left on during launch

Re:British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left ... by ren_engineer on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @09:51AM (#29330502)

>How does a twenty thousand dollar sedan have a more robust readiness-detection system than a hundred million dollar airplane?

because the car industry is driven by market forces, not government corruption driven monopolies. I'm not sure why anybody thinks the US military is anything more than a paper tiger after the last few decades of failure, highlighted by the failed withdrawal from Afghanistan. I feel bad for the countries that got pressured into buying the F-35

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Re:British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left ... by ChuckNorris89 on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @09:57AM (#29330563)

>I'm not sure why anybody thinks the US military is anything more than a paper tiger after the last few decades of failure, highlighted by the failed withdrawal from Afghanistan.

I dunno about that, but the military industrial complex made absolute bank though, for which the taxpayers generously picked up the tab.

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Re:British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left ... by Causality1 on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @10:21AM (#29330800)

I think the absolute incompetence the Navy has exhibited in failures to move their ships around the Pacific without running into things is a better example.

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Re:British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left ... by nickff on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @04:25PM (#29335351)

Ship collisions have always been a problem; the USN happens to operate many large ships.

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