Comments by "Marten Trudeau" (@martentrudeau6948) on "Is the USAF Fed Up With The F-35?" video.

I wonder how many people became billionaires and millionaires building the F-35. All that money went somewhere. "War Is a Racket" is a speech and a 1935 short book, by Smedley D. Butler, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Based on his career military experience, Smedley knew!
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I'll bet the US will cancel their order for a 1,000 more F-35's, it's to expensive, the plane has problems and it doesn't live up to it's expectations. To bad for you Dutch, you should have bought Saab Gripens.
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@Robin6512 ~ The Gripen makes more sense, the Dutch should negotiate a deal with Saab. India is a nuclear power, has the bomb and Saab is trying to sell them Gripens?
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@lolkevandewitte1713 ~ Lockheed Martin peddling flawed airplanes to corruptible Ministers of Defense has happened before with the F104 Starfighter. Dassault Mirage IIIA was by far superior fighter than the F-104. It was a better multi-role aircraft, better in dogfights and more suitable for ground attack due to larger wing area. The F-104 had a poor combat record, it wasn't used much in Vietnam, could not do close air support for ground troops, and could not maneuver or dogfight. The West Germans lost about 30% of their F-104s over the years, killing 110 pilots in the process. Not to be outdone, Canada lost 110 of their 235 CF-104s. Germany should have bought the Mirage IIIA, but was bribed to buy the F-104 (Lockheed). Canada had a great multi-role fighter that was being developed in 1958, but it was suddenly canceled and scrapped. They bought a mix of F-104's and F-101's. Nicknames for the F-104: Widowmaker Flying Coffin Lawn Dart Aluminum Death Tube Ground Nail (Tent Peg) The not quite right stuff - F-104 Starfighter By Major Kong Monday Feb 02, 2015 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/2/2/1360449/-The-not-quite-right-stuff-F-104-Starfighter
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@Robin6512 ~ That doesn't make sense, because Saab has been trying to sell Gripens to India for years and India is a nuclear power!
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@EdNashsMilitaryMatters ~ Great video, thanks Ed.
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