The F-35 Project Has Been a Disastrous Waste of Money

But many a “Beltway bandit” has made a fortune developing the weapon system.

(From FEE)

The F-35 program will cost about $1.5 trillion, or approximately what the US government spent on the entire Iraq war.

Last year, Defense News identified 13 significant deficiencies in one or more F-35 models, including the possibility of a blown tire destroying the entire aircraft, inadequate vision and sensor systems, and not being ABLE to fly too high, too fast, or in certain maneuvers without either apparent or actual major problems.