Ето и една американска. И краварите имат провали. Но истинският stealth bomber си остава B-2
Ти прочете ли изобщо статията? Къде в нея пише, че F35 e провал?
П.П. Не знаех, че Форбс е официалния сайт на американското правителство, но се случват такива неща в резервата...
Тоя път не я четох, признавам си, но съм чел същата на друго място. Ето и цитатите:
If that plan sounds familiar, it’s because the Air Force a generation ago launched development of an affordable, lightweight fighter to replace hundreds of Cold War-vintage F-16s and complement a small future fleet of sophisticated—but costly and unreliable—stealth fighters.
But over 20 years of R&D, that lightweight replacement fighter got heavier and more expensive as the Air Force and lead contractor Lockheed Martin LMT (-)0.3% packed it with more and more new technology.
Yes, we’re talking about the F-35. The 25-ton stealth warplane has become the very problem it was supposed to solve. And now America needs a new fighter to solve that F-35 problem, officials said.
With a sticker price of around $100 million per plane, including the engine, the F-35 is expensive. While stealthy and brimming with high-tech sensors, it’s also maintenance-intensive, buggy and unreliable. “The F-35 is not a low-cost, lightweight fighter,” said Dan Ward, a former Air Force program manager and the author of popular business books including The Simplicity Cycle.
Накратко са го планирали за "евтин и лек", а накрая е станал "скъп и тежък" (което не му пречи да потроши некой руски изтребител, но ако беше IT проект, като нищо влиза в графата на "провалените").