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

Re:British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left ... by mhh__ on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @06:06PM (#29336268)
A current gen F-16 actually costs fairly similar to an F-35, if sold to the Israelis at least.
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Re:British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left ... by B1FF_PSUVM on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @06:27PM (#29336433)
> sold to

Isn't that one of those "circular economy" things? As in "Here, we're giving you X amount in defense aid, and you're buying from us Y things with it."

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Re:British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left ... by mhh__ on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @06:43PM (#29336588)
Quite possibly, but my point is that a modern F-16 is not this buy-one-get-one-free bargain implied by the comments on any F-35 article.
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Re:British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left ... by B1FF_PSUVM on Thursday November 25, 2021 @06:39AM (#29340471)
Agreed, but under the circumstances a high price sticker also makes everything look better ...
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