F-35 la aterizare

F-35 la aterizare

Surpriza emisiunii, stimati telespectatori, vine de la Pentagon via Marius Fenchea. 🙂 Colegul nostru a gasit-o p-aia trista cu F-35 si… si ia sa vedem!

O scurgere la teava cu documente a Pentagonului a facut parul cret multora. Cica… revizuiala de buget sugereaza ca F-35 s-ar cam duce pe copca, iar peste costisitorul program in valoare de 391.2 miliarde de dolari va fi trasa cortina.

Nici de-ar fi la misto si nu ar fi la fel de frumos!

Totdeodata, cade la tomberon si programul unui bombardier stealth cu raza lunga – p-asta o sustin cei de la Reuters.

Chuck Hagel, secretarul Apararii, a declarat zilele trecute reporterilor ca Pentagonul ar putea decide “between a much smaller force and a decade-long holiday from modernizing weapons systems and technology”.

Si acum, partea sexi:

Pentagon briefing slides indicated that a decision to maintain a larger military “could result in the cancellation of the $392 billion Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 program and a new stealthy, long-range bomber,” Reuters reports.

Nah, sa te uzi cu apa…

When officials familiar with the budget review leaked the news about the F-35s, the agency tried to downplay its alleged intentions.

Ehe! Noi sa fim sanatosi, vorba unui prieten. 😉

Earlier this year, Air Force Lieutenant General Christopher Bogdan, the F-35 program manager, condemned the manufacturer for “trying to squeeze every nickel” out of the Department of Defense.

Although the warplane is the most expensive combat aircraft in history, its quality is lacking. In February, the US military grounded an entire fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters because of a crack found on a turbine blade on one of the jets, marking the fourth time that a fleet was grounded because of manufacturing problems. In April, Bogdan told a Senate committee that he doubted the planes could withstand a sophisticated cyberattack.

Un oficial al Apararii a declarat pentru Reuters ca informatiile scapate ar face referire la posibilitatile de worst case scenario, insa a admis ca Pentagonul ia in considerare anularea programului.

Sursa: Defencetalk

Si… daca? Atunci, cu ce vom mai inlocui avioanele F-16?

Incercam o noua cumetrie cu francejii si ne tragem niste Rafale aflate in uz? 🙂

 

– Iulian Iamandi –