Comments by "josh fritz" (@joshfritz5345) on "The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters"
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I absolutely do agree that the F-35 has had some serious cost overruns, and they have kind of screwed the American taxpayer in that regard. That being said, it's actually a much better aircraft than most people give it credit for. It was advertised as a master of all, a plane that could excel at every possible air combat role at once. No aircraft can be the best at everything, compromise is a normal part of designing a weapon system. You can either built a super effective specialist aircraft designed to excel at one role, but lacking in other areas, or you can build a jack of all trades which is reasonably effective at multiple mission types but can be out-performed by a specialist aircraft. The F-35 is the latter. It's a stealthy and effective fighter, but not as stealthy as the F-22. It has a decent bomb and missile load, but the strike variants of the F-15 can carry a larger payload. It can do short takeoff, but it still needs a short runway, it's not a helicopter. It's an all around above average plane, with an above average price tag to match.
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