points by throwaway2037 2 days ago | 0 comments
Has there ever been a modern fighter jet built in the last 50 years that wasn't consider in one aspect or another an "failure"? At this point, the term "failure" seems almost pointless to describe very large, nation state projects that are heavily used and have thousands built.
The F35 program certainly seemed like a white elephant, until it crossed the threshold into production and wasn’t. It was a massively delayed cost blowout project, which has turned into a huge success.