This jet fighter is a disaster, but Congress keeps buying it

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  • čas přidán 25. 01. 2017
  • Trump says the F-35 is too expensive and he's not wrong. But this is what he's up against.
    Sources:
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    1:15 www.sipri.org/databases/armst...
    1:49 tucson.com/business/tucson/maj...
    www.dailybreeze.com/article/zz...
    www.boeing.com/company/general...
    2:44 www.politico.com/story/2015/08...
    3:58 www.nytimes.com/2001/12/12/bus...
    www.theatlantic.com/magazine/a...
    4:24 www.f35.com/about/economic-im...
    4:44 www.businessinsider.com/this-m...
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    Lockheed Martin F-35 is the Pentagon's newest fighter jet. In a single tweet, Trump called to cancel the program. But the F-35 can't be cancelled because its deeply embedded in American politics, military and economy.
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Komentáře • 11K

  • @NotNicot
    @NotNicot Před 5 lety +7319

    This jet is so amazing it can do multiple things
    -attack aircraft
    -attack ground units
    -and even destroy defense budgets!!

    • @VP-fx3nf
      @VP-fx3nf Před 5 lety +389

      It destroyed defense budgets using stealth!! The future!!

    • @gigapak28
      @gigapak28 Před 5 lety +68

      It’s pumping money into the economy what else does America need a defence budget for?

    • @michaeltalbot8242
      @michaeltalbot8242 Před 5 lety +15

      And industries in others too

    • @VP-fx3nf
      @VP-fx3nf Před 5 lety +10

      @@michaeltalbot8242 for now but not many countries are buying the plane man

    • @dumdumbinks274
      @dumdumbinks274 Před 5 lety +40

      @@VP-fx3nf There are just as many countries buying the F-35 as there were buying the F-16 in the 1980s.

  • @Rali272
    @Rali272 Před 5 lety +3644

    Amazon would have delivered the F-35 in 2 days free shipping.

    • @FakeSchrodingersCat
      @FakeSchrodingersCat Před 5 lety +158

      The Amazon F-35 would be made in China

    • @Rali272
      @Rali272 Před 5 lety +52

      schrodingers cat amazon has an incredible warranty policy. Even if made in China just know you covered.

    • @MikeBrown-ex9nh
      @MikeBrown-ex9nh Před 4 lety +64

      Just to be stolen by a porch pirate.

    • @lmao.3661
      @lmao.3661 Před 4 lety +4

      @@FakeSchrodingersCat j-31

    • @jackssrv
      @jackssrv Před 4 lety +13

      @@Rali272 warranty reimbursement means little to a dead pilot

  • @ragglefraggle9111
    @ragglefraggle9111 Před 2 lety +990

    Ah yes, a Fighter Jet so bad that 14 countries are buying it with more attempting to

    • @wuwangjingunderground4001
      @wuwangjingunderground4001 Před 2 lety +1

      Nato country pressured to buy american to keep up with americans, not allowed to make their own.

    • @curious5887
      @curious5887 Před rokem

      You called it bad because your warmind is still stuck in the 70s, while F-35 is for warfare where dogfight no longer a thing, and also where drone, laser and beyond visual range hypersonic missile are a thing, it's time for you to stop reading mainstream media with negative opinion on it, and started reading Ground News, plus, watch LazerPig video about F-35

    • @g2gridiqarri561
      @g2gridiqarri561 Před rokem +91

      This Video has aged so well! 😂😂

    • @neutralprofit7699
      @neutralprofit7699 Před rokem +2

      Scam

    • @just_some_bigfoot_hacking_you
      @just_some_bigfoot_hacking_you Před rokem +43

      Vox: "Why F-35 jet is a disaster?"
      F-35B: "You were saying?"

  • @mordkopotam
    @mordkopotam Před 4 lety +2303

    He protecc
    He atacc
    But most importantly
    He eat budget for a snacc

  • @Joshua.Mascarenhas
    @Joshua.Mascarenhas Před 4 lety +6594

    First time Vox is agreeing with President Trump's comment

    • @blumac9801
      @blumac9801 Před 4 lety +200

      Dhanushka Jayasinghe I wish he was a good person...

    • @murdzstang2777
      @murdzstang2777 Před 4 lety +214

      First time Trump was right

    • @joshuadxlee
      @joshuadxlee Před 4 lety +69

      @@zer0nero finally somebody with sense

    • @lefteristerezakis9304
      @lefteristerezakis9304 Před 4 lety +134

      @@zer0nero although i despise obama , people call trump racist because of the things he says and the Rhetoric he is using. Calling mexicans rapists murderers( and i guees some of them good people..) having truble properly denounce white supremistists, having racist backround in his bussiness, and the list goes on

    • @lefteristerezakis9304
      @lefteristerezakis9304 Před 4 lety +79

      @@zer0nero and at the end of the day i dont really think people care if he actually is a racist, the problem is that he is giving a platform to racists and he is anebling their actions.

  • @Crimsonking741
    @Crimsonking741 Před rokem +421

    5 years later, and this did not age well.

    • @dxwkx9119
      @dxwkx9119 Před rokem +3

      Even said the B variant can take off vertically

    • @steephanroy8461
      @steephanroy8461 Před rokem +16

      This aged like wine.. can't even replace f 16

    • @dxwkx9119
      @dxwkx9119 Před rokem +37

      @@steephanroy8461 Why's that?

    • @joshiderniemalslacht8398
      @joshiderniemalslacht8398 Před rokem +40

      ​@@steephanroy8461 It was never supposed to fully take over the role of the F-16. The F-16 will probably stay in use to perform tasks for which the F-35 is simply overkill. The F-35 is probably going to be used for stealth missions. Something the F-16 would not be capable of due to its rather big radar cross section.

    • @steephanroy8461
      @steephanroy8461 Před rokem +3

      @@joshiderniemalslacht8398 this stealth technology is several decades old. Even the yogoslavs shot down one.. they are perfectly detectable with long wavelength radars.. f 35 . It's truly a design to be a cash cow for lockheed that is its one and only purpose and is doing it splendedly.

  • @diceman3219
    @diceman3219 Před 2 lety +154

    this didn't aged well

    • @jaspercaelan4998
      @jaspercaelan4998 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Not really, it's not economical to operate. Better off investing in UCAVs now. Planes with pilots in are the past.

    • @bluestorm9977
      @bluestorm9977 Před 2 měsíci

      @@jaspercaelan4998 Nothing's better than being in the plane itself and getting a feel for every movement you make.
      Being completely aware of your surroundings when in an air battle is also a plus.

    • @jaspercaelan4998
      @jaspercaelan4998 Před měsícem +1

      @@bluestorm9977 UAV's are cheaper, instead of having all the necessary weight and equipment to support a pilot it can carry more weapons and other things, make much higher G maneuvers, fly in swarms, be more stealthy etc..

    • @mlcs
      @mlcs Před měsícem

      ​@@jaspercaelan4998an F-35 costs per hour the same as an F-16 would

    • @jaspercaelan4998
      @jaspercaelan4998 Před měsícem +2

      @@mlcs It isn't, it's nearly double.

  • @bluestorm9977
    @bluestorm9977 Před 4 měsíci +34

    1,000 F-35s in production as of January 2024.
    *THIS VIDEO AGED LIKE MILK!* 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @diogoalmeidavisuals
    @diogoalmeidavisuals Před 7 lety +1302

    Looks like someone wants to save money for his wall!

    • @simeondunev4890
      @simeondunev4890 Před 7 lety +46

      wall would cost like 13 bil maximum .. this project has cost trilions so far. His wall is a drop in the bucket compared to this and many more dissaster projects biased media wont tell you about

    • @KiingOfKombat
      @KiingOfKombat Před 7 lety +23

      it hasnt cost trillion or trillions as you say, its exected to cost a trillion over its entire life time up until 2070.

    • @linusmlgtips2123
      @linusmlgtips2123 Před 7 lety +15

      Diogo Almeida We have spent 1.5 trillion on the F35 over its entire lifetime

    • @ZanOGAL
      @ZanOGAL Před 7 lety +8

      i personally think trumps' grandfather made the great wall of china...u know the similiarities are uncanny

    • @afocus
      @afocus Před 7 lety +2

      this man was obviously joking. Now hes getting flamed

  • @danny9154
    @danny9154 Před 7 lety +2250

    You forgot to talk about the brib.....ehm "lobbying" the defense contractors give

    • @tomatoisasquishyfruit
      @tomatoisasquishyfruit Před 7 lety +209

      In US, Lobbying is just a fancy name for corruption. Usually in other countries, people go to jail for that.

    • @viktor-dy9tr
      @viktor-dy9tr Před 7 lety +16

      Also, no word about the death these machines bring to the world

    • @riemjann1
      @riemjann1 Před 7 lety +44

      Lobbying is actually important for a democracy so that corporations and other associations have a say in politics as well.
      But not to the extent it has grown to in the US; they just have way too much say in US legislation.

    • @juicyclaws
      @juicyclaws Před 7 lety +82

      if vox mentioned lobbying or the moral issues of producing weapons half the comments would be about how left wing biased they are.

    • @0ki7o
      @0ki7o Před 7 lety +3

      quite the opposite

  • @justanotherasian4395
    @justanotherasian4395 Před 4 lety +529

    Jobs? Acquired.
    Budget? Destroyed.
    Plane? Delayed.
    Hotel? Trivago.

  • @srjp9441
    @srjp9441 Před 4 lety +622

    The United Corporations of America.

    • @abeninan4017
      @abeninan4017 Před 3 lety +14

      AKA swamp,now they have full control of the government.

    • @user-jq4ej7pf9o
      @user-jq4ej7pf9o Před 3 lety +5

      Literally every country in the world

    • @yeetjones927
      @yeetjones927 Před 3 lety +11

      @@user-jq4ej7pf9o what about 3rd world countries?

    • @zidorovichburblyatya2862
      @zidorovichburblyatya2862 Před 3 lety +8

      @@user-jq4ej7pf9o Uhmmm Russia and China don't have 35 trillion dollars blackhole in accounting regarding total military spending tho.

    • @user-jq4ej7pf9o
      @user-jq4ej7pf9o Před 3 lety +1

      @@zidorovichburblyatya2862 So what? They have problems even worse

  • @Asteroid_Jam
    @Asteroid_Jam Před 5 lety +2882

    Eisenhower is probably rolling in his grave saying I told you so.

    • @Dave-ui6xn
      @Dave-ui6xn Před 5 lety +46

      Yes, I mean as soon as this thing is combat ready we start selling it to other countries. LOL

    • @kmc.727
      @kmc.727 Před 5 lety +137

      The military industrial complex.. He warned us all.

    • @fortherepublic1263
      @fortherepublic1263 Před 5 lety +7

      I was just thinking that, my friend!

    • @nyvdrtngryd
      @nyvdrtngryd Před 4 lety +4

      𝑅𝒪𝐿𝐿𝐼𝒩𝒢 𝐼𝒩 𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝒢𝑅𝒜𝒜𝒱𝒱𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸!!

    • @cr4yv3n
      @cr4yv3n Před 4 lety +26

      Roll him in copper wiring = free energy

  • @shittyG1
    @shittyG1 Před 7 lety +83

    The f35 is in no way a disaster it is extremely fast and mostly undetectable to enemy plans and ground radar. During a combat test the f35 took down 4 f16 without the enemy pilots knowing he was there till it was to late.

    • @ckahandcarwashltd2403
      @ckahandcarwashltd2403 Před 7 lety +1

      shittyG1 that was down to bad communication.

    • @Dantick09
      @Dantick09 Před 7 lety +7

      shittyG1 daesh doesn't even have planes, the only thing the air force is doing is bombing runs and drones do that just fine

    • @tvertrees2080
      @tvertrees2080 Před 7 lety +55

      An economic disaster is still a disaster. This is why we only have 20 B2 stealth bombers. Worked good but cost way too much.

    • @neeneko
      @neeneko Před 7 lety +6

      In controlled tests and games it does well, but as a weapons system and a project it is a disaster. It has great marque value, but pretty low tactical or logistic value.

    • @SuccubusLover69
      @SuccubusLover69 Před 7 lety +11

      The product itself is probably not a disaster, but the project definitely is. Crazy delays and more than 70%! over budget is awful.

  • @logicplague2077
    @logicplague2077 Před rokem +248

    Like most Vox videos, this aged like milk.

    • @fishbarbeque8540
      @fishbarbeque8540 Před rokem +8

      Hahahahah!!!

    • @Racko.
      @Racko. Před rokem +2

      What did you expect? It'a Vox, they hardly know what they're talking about, as long as it's negative attempts to make stuff look bad

    • @jesuszamora6949
      @jesuszamora6949 Před rokem +8

      This is why Vice is cratering. They started out awesome, then turned into Buzzfeed.

  • @abrahamlincoln5185
    @abrahamlincoln5185 Před 3 lety +3120

    American people: Can we please have free ambulance rides.
    Government: no here's an inefficient fighter jet

    • @acowfrommars3565
      @acowfrommars3565 Před 3 lety +291

      Now give me half your yearly income to fix your broken arm

    • @recruit8921
      @recruit8921 Před 3 lety +156

      @@acowfrommars3565 having a heart attack here in the usa can cost you 100k.

    • @yesnoyeswait4306
      @yesnoyeswait4306 Před 3 lety +96

      Michael Moore had excellent point. If people would see in pay check how much of taxes are used in military budget, maybe people would actually wake up. In France people can actually see procents, ''Health care x%, education x%'' etc. You guys in US deserve same education and health care, that we do. Too bad that your country is only ran by money and overgroven power.

    • @sheastephens562
      @sheastephens562 Před 3 lety +31

      The jet is remarkable in design and amazing do some research.

    • @yesnoyeswait4306
      @yesnoyeswait4306 Před 3 lety +63

      @@sheastephens562 Yes, very remarkable. Whole project will cost 20-50 billion dollars, and if you pay taxes, you too are paying for that. And this is nothing new. B2 bomber project cost +40 billion, and only 23 were ever built. 2-3 billion per one stealth bomber, if you think thats money well spent, you are out of your mind.

  • @apsodifugyht3
    @apsodifugyht3 Před 7 lety +3218

    So much for Eisenhower warning against the military industrial complex.

    • @cameronsipka3352
      @cameronsipka3352 Před 7 lety +48

      apsodifugyht3 he shouldn't have done so much to put us on that track XD

    • @dylanadams6533
      @dylanadams6533 Před 7 lety +158

      He warned against it-after he oversaw its growth.

    • @TrackHeadStudios
      @TrackHeadStudios Před 7 lety +120

      +Endo Pyro he didn't 'oversee' its growth. It grew under his nose and got to Big before he realized it was there. It is a living breathing entity.

    • @krombopulos_michael
      @krombopulos_michael Před 7 lety +9

      apsodifugyht3 well if we all listened then he wouldn't have been right!

    • @phuturephunk
      @phuturephunk Před 7 lety +30

      Aye. There was another general that predicted a long time ago that eventually we'd get to the point where we'd be spending like a trillion dollars on one vehicle. Guess that prediction came true. I wish I could find the quote but it was really good. It laid out how it gets to this point with how the defense manufacturing industry is structured.

  • @damesurina2629
    @damesurina2629 Před 5 lety +1110

    Basically, politics makes everything cancerous, even engineering

    • @grasonicus
      @grasonicus Před 4 lety +50

      That's because politicians are mostly from the arts and humanities and have to take off their shoes and socks to work with numbers greater than ten. At heart, they're confidence tricksters. All they have to be able to do is work the voting cattle come election time.

    • @alexbeerune
      @alexbeerune Před 4 lety +3

      Chris Malan well tell me a world without politicians

    • @grasonicus
      @grasonicus Před 4 lety +1

      @@alexbeerune We can but dream. In the Bible, on the New Earth, there won't be any politicians. Guess where they will be?

    • @jay-t1030
      @jay-t1030 Před 4 lety +1

      Dame Surina money in politics*

    • @pasqualeredo
      @pasqualeredo Před 4 lety +2

      True... That's why engineers don't get involved with, or in the politics that infest engineering projects in companies whether the company or project in question is defense related or not. THAT'S the role of the "Project Manager", and supposedly spawned the birth of the Dilbert principle whereby incompetence is promoted... UP and out of the way allowing the real talent to effectively do it's job!🛸

  • @calebanderson8764
    @calebanderson8764 Před 2 lety +34

    Well this aged like milk…

  • @Gyyghhhhjjjkk
    @Gyyghhhhjjjkk Před rokem +77

    “Its a disaster”
    And nobody mentioned how tomcat nearly destroyed the defense budget singlehanded. Just look at its price lol

    • @viperz3r016
      @viperz3r016 Před 3 měsíci +1

      The F35 is a bargain to the F14, if the Tomcat was to be built again.

  • @Isomoar
    @Isomoar Před 7 lety +1500

    The military industrial complex needs to become the space industrial complex!

    • @vg666
      @vg666 Před 7 lety +9

      Looplix why? can't we focus in earth right now.

    • @Cythil
      @Cythil Před 7 lety +144

      You be surprised how much of the Space industry is actually focused on earth. Happens that Earth is situated in space. ;)

    • @n0yn0y
      @n0yn0y Před 7 lety +60

      That would be great. It would be more productive to amass an advanced space fleet that is dedicated to exploration, rather than to amass a fleet of fighter jets for a war that will never happen.

    • @HxH2011DRA
      @HxH2011DRA Před 7 lety +3

      Looplix This

    • @TheMongooseOfDoom
      @TheMongooseOfDoom Před 7 lety +48

      Having worked in the space industrial complex, I can say that no, it has the same issues. The space industrial complex needs to either become an open market, or a government project. Right now it's a vehicle for companies to extort as much money out of the government as possible by doing as little exploration as possible.

  • @somewherenorthofstarbase7056
    @somewherenorthofstarbase7056 Před 4 lety +3871

    Can u imagine if we put 7 trillion over 16 years into space exploration? There would be bases on Mars now!

    • @yfelwulf
      @yfelwulf Před 4 lety +572

      Wrong there would be an atmosphere and swimming pools

    • @miner966
      @miner966 Před 4 lety +189

      yfelwulf Bruh there’s be a whole civilization and new world.

    • @pilot88pro
      @pilot88pro Před 4 lety +223

      you all are wrong. There wouldn't be an America as surely someone would take us over with 0 military....

    • @seankilburn7200
      @seankilburn7200 Před 4 lety +31

      Sort life out here before we flee the planet.

    • @pathfinderLXXIV
      @pathfinderLXXIV Před 4 lety +78

      and only rich people would be allowed to go there... even though we paid for it all.

  • @jmbig
    @jmbig Před 3 lety +909

    the F35 is the stealthiest aircraft in the world ... because it is well hidden in the back of the maintenance workshop

    • @wheywhou5031
      @wheywhou5031 Před 3 lety +3

      Wasn’t there even some incident where German radars detected the F-35 (was during a flight show tho)

    • @danielhope8577
      @danielhope8577 Před 3 lety +58

      @@wheywhou5031 all aircraft get detected at some point. Stealth just limits how close it can get before its detected. F35 and F22 gets detected at about 30 to 20 miles. Other fighters get detected wayyy earlier than that

    • @hx20games77
      @hx20games77 Před 2 lety +2

      F22 is better but F35 has vtol and navy

    • @kabali0079
      @kabali0079 Před 2 lety +2

      F 117? What about that?

    • @shiraz1736
      @shiraz1736 Před 2 lety

      What a Lemon

  • @deqnq1705
    @deqnq1705 Před 2 lety +67

    this aged terribly

    • @-p2349
      @-p2349 Před rokem +1

      *horrifically

  • @warman58
    @warman58 Před 4 lety +821

    It may be an awful plane I don’t know. But I once saw a 60 minutes story decades ago telling us how awful the Abrams tank was. I’ve also see a life magazine article from the late thirties telling how the M1 Garand was a disaster and would get our soldiers killed. Some things you just can’t trust.

    • @donut5818
      @donut5818 Před 4 lety +95

      The main reason why I am upset about the F-35 is that they are trying to make a single base airframe do too much. The USAF actually tried to unify all of the military's needs into a single airframe before with the F-111 program but it failed.

    • @Swat_Dennis
      @Swat_Dennis Před 4 lety +12

      warman58 The M1 Garand is an awful rifle… Look at the SVT-40 and you know enough

    • @benjamincharlin6770
      @benjamincharlin6770 Před 4 lety +7

      Look at the movie pentagon war,
      It's a movie That talk about the designing processus of the Bradley, it also refers the flaw of the early M16 an M35

    • @lamduong5701
      @lamduong5701 Před 3 lety +47

      I want to know which documentary you saw about the Abrams. It's one of the most combat-proven armor vehicles out there.

    • @warman58
      @warman58 Před 3 lety +30

      @@lamduong5701 as I said, it was a sixty minutes episode. Very old as the tank was new at the time.

  • @Veldtian1
    @Veldtian1 Před 6 lety +2303

    The F 35 Boondoggle, a fighter plane so deadly it's able to destroy entire national defense budgets single-handedly!

    • @SgtJoeSmith
      @SgtJoeSmith Před 6 lety +16

      Veldtian1 good one!

    • @DehnusNorder
      @DehnusNorder Před 6 lety +52

      LOL! Next thing you know Trump will threaten to sell one to North Korea ;).

    • @pasoundman
      @pasoundman Před 6 lety +9

      LMAO. It'll be fixed some day. It won't be a great plane though.

    • @joniartha9777
      @joniartha9777 Před 6 lety +1

      DehnusNorder yeah and make good fortune lol

    • @DehnusNorder
      @DehnusNorder Před 6 lety +7

      Nobody makes a fortune of that piece of junk.

  • @attilaontheworld2793
    @attilaontheworld2793 Před 3 lety +185

    Who is here after Economics Explained's video? ✋

    • @DeepSingh-yg7ic
      @DeepSingh-yg7ic Před 3 lety +3

      Yeah me too .

    • @broken_abi6973
      @broken_abi6973 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Brent-ln9bc The claim by vox is not that the f-35 project is the only military project with cost overruns and delays.

    • @thedirty530
      @thedirty530 Před 3 lety

      And the money involved in our politics keeps making more and more sense...

    • @fmtoussant
      @fmtoussant Před 3 lety +3

      economics explained is a simp stop wasting ur time there

    • @somethingelse9228
      @somethingelse9228 Před 3 lety

      @@fmtoussant Do you know of any other economics channel then?

  • @selmanyassin
    @selmanyassin Před 3 lety +1670

    Vox: The F-35 is far more advanced than anything Russia or China have.
    Also Vox: Will it fly?

    • @randomname5083
      @randomname5083 Před 3 lety +94

      I'd disagree with that statement looking at the Su-57

    • @virajchoudhary6761
      @virajchoudhary6761 Před 3 lety +6

      Heard that America wants newly designed 4.5 gen fighter jet,they also want a full stop to this f 35 program,Is this true?

    • @dwshade9479
      @dwshade9479 Před 3 lety +33

      @@virajchoudhary6761 Right now the F-15 is getting either a 4.5 or 5th gen dedicated replacement, the F-15EX. The F-16 is also rumored to have been getting its own dedicated replacement. Many people want the F35 canceled or massively scaled back as the benefits for it are undercut with it not fully replacing the craft it could (F-15 and 16), and how our allies will be the ones to see the greatest use and benefit from it rather than us, when America is the one footing the 1.5 trillion dollar bill. I'd argue that the F35 is perfectly capable, it's just not being used even close to the fullest due to the litany of failures it had during R&D, and it isn't replacing the aircraft it was supposed to.

    • @virajchoudhary6761
      @virajchoudhary6761 Před 3 lety

      @@dwshade9479 Advantages & Disadvantages are two faces of a coin so it should not be an Issue for the 35.But If air Marshal is saying something than it should not be taken for granted.5th gen 6th gen it sounds cool but We should remember that cool things have high maintenance 😅. According to me No one can rule out the importance of a 4.5 gen jet Nd that's what Air Marshal said in his statement By the way being an Indian I was happy that America is thinking of opting a 4.5 gen jet because Our TEJAS jet has multiple variants in production so I am happy that we r in the LEAGUE😅

    • @jeevanjacob4102
      @jeevanjacob4102 Před 3 lety +2

      Its a play on words, it's a saying meaning will it work/succeed. They're not literally asking if it will fly.

  • @trev6511
    @trev6511 Před 7 lety +119

    Canceling the project doesn't have to lose all these jobs, the F-35 in particular is the problem so ending the F-35 project while simultaneously starting a new, better thought out one, would keep the jobs and end the nightmare that is the F-35

    • @stimproid
      @stimproid Před 7 lety +2

      And what kind of plane would you suggest we build instead?

    • @trev6511
      @trev6511 Před 7 lety +22

      stimproid
      Different planes for each branch of the military that are actually built purposefully to be best for their respective branch. You could then more easily distribute the work across multiple contractors to keep/create jobs at multiple companies.

    • @mewtwo2111
      @mewtwo2111 Před 7 lety +15

      Trev6511 what about the countries expecting there plane orders.

    • @EvelynDayless
      @EvelynDayless Před 7 lety +5

      It takes time to design new planes. What about all the production jobs already fielded and the states that want to keep those jobs going.

    • @EvelynDayless
      @EvelynDayless Před 7 lety +16

      Trev6511 Production lines are insanely expensive. Other countries canceling their orders would likely affect the US too, but since the US is the biggest buyer they have the greatest effect on it.
      I actually agree with you to some extent though; I was just pointing out some of the problems with it.

  • @wrotenwasp
    @wrotenwasp Před 5 lety +624

    Hard to believe it was almost 60 years ago that Ike warned us the about the military industrial complex.

    • @fullboostturbo1
      @fullboostturbo1 Před 5 lety +63

      @@StruggleGun Oh how the Truth becomes annoying, when nothing is done to remedy the cause of the problem.

    • @bobgreene2892
      @bobgreene2892 Před 5 lety +5

      wrotenwasp said, "Hard to believe it was almost 60 years ago that Ike warned us the about the military industrial complex."
      ---------------------
      And the arms industry patronage and corruption in congress was almost out of control, even then.

    • @ArturoSubutex
      @ArturoSubutex Před 5 lety +1

      I might be wrong but I think FDR did that first in the 30s

    • @NSGrendel
      @NSGrendel Před 5 lety

      @@ArturoSubutex czcams.com/video/OyBNmecVtdU/video.html

    • @darthvader5300
      @darthvader5300 Před 5 lety +10

      $1 trillion? The actual cost is between $6 to $7 trillion! Talk about subtle censorship down playing everything! That $6 to $7 trillion 90% could have been used to revamp the VA and put a heavy emphasis on ACCOUNTABILITY ON EVERYONE WORKING IN THE VA DEPARTMENT and giving veterans and current soldiers complete freedom and flexibility to choose their own physicians and caretakers and quality of medical care, instead of neglecting them and DELIBERATELY DELAYING THEIR CARE SO THAT THEY CAN DIE FROM A LACK OF MEDICAL CARE AND COVER IT UP AS A NATURAL DEATH WHEN IN FACT THEY, THE VA PERSONEL ARE THE MASS KILLERS AND MASS MURDERERS OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORMS JUST SO THAT THEY CAN MONEY AND LET CONGRESS POCKET THE DIFFERENCE FOR THEIR RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGNS FUNDING PROGRAMS, etc! And the remaining 10% used to develop and upgrade any time-tested and time-proven and battle-tested LEAN AND MEAN DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE weapons systems.

  • @eihcra_
    @eihcra_ Před 7 měsíci +11

    It is the best fighter jet ever made. It's only "bad" because of costs and delays, many countries are ordering it because it is so good.

  • @benrogers1888
    @benrogers1888 Před 2 lety +496

    This video has quite a negative view on the f-35, while it is more expensive than predicted, and there are cost overruns. The jet is one of the best ever built and does the job it was designed to do quite well. Especially considering that it was designed to replace many different types of fighters, which was once thought to be impossible. And the stealth aspect should not be underestimated because without stealth the fighters like the f16 are pretty much useless against an enemy like Russia or china who have advanced air defense systems.

    • @youtubevideoswatching3866
      @youtubevideoswatching3866 Před 2 lety +2

      Well I mean we should focus on NGAD since it’s already in production

    • @tylergarrett4498
      @tylergarrett4498 Před 2 lety +20

      @@youtubevideoswatching3866 the NGAD has a different purpose than the F-35.
      The NGAD is a proposed interceptor which will only do *light* intercept missions and maybe even lighter strike missions.
      The NGAD is also going to be see massive benefits from all of the lessons learned in the F-35 (which has an amazing exercise record already).
      It's also important to consider that the F-35 is going to be in service for atleast 50 years, all costs included in the first purchase.
      (Hangars, training, parts, upgrade budgets).

    • @terrestrialextra4790
      @terrestrialextra4790 Před rokem +16

      We are focusing on both. Why don't people understand this? Cancelling The F-35 wouldn't help the NGAD at all. We would just have a SERIOUS gap in between F-16 retirements and whatever program comes next which would likely cost just as much and takes a decade to develop before production even starts. The cost of the F-35 has been overblown. People quote the entire lifetime cost of 40+ years and don't realize that whatever comes next will be the same. The only pricey aspect besides the development overruns which are done and done(cancelling makes this a waste of money) is the maintenance cost. 80 million a for a 5th generation is cheaper than most 4+ generation jets. Quoted coat for the F-15 for instance ignores all the extra parts it needs for modern combat like eternal sensors etc which makes it more.

    • @staidenofanarchy
      @staidenofanarchy Před rokem

      No plane is worth $1.3 trillion. We're using jets that cost hundreds of millions, and missiles than cost tens of millions, to blow up families and weddings in deserts halfway across the world.
      Cut the defense budget.

    • @youtubevideoswatching3866
      @youtubevideoswatching3866 Před rokem

      @@tylergarrett4498 yeah, but the NGAD is almost ready, so the majority should go for that. Besides, other nations are buying the f35, and we already have a significant albeit small number of them

  • @halseyactual1732
    @halseyactual1732 Před 7 lety +167

    Heh, this jet is extremely capable and I could go into detail why. The F-35 isn't a bad jet at all, but the main issue here lies in procurement. The key now lies in cutting the JSF's cost whilst still maintaining the quality of the aircraft.
    The Pentagon has plenty of wasteful, redundant practices which've yet to be abolished. The JSF procurement program is one from which lessons must be learnt so that contractors will no longer be able to hold the DOD budget hostage and that future contractors work out fixed price agreements with the DOD and bear the burden of cost overruns completely or mostly on their own. The Pentagon's issues include but aren't limited to:
    #1: The Regulatory Burden
    #2: Barriers to Full and Fair Competition
    #3: Antiquated Sustainment Processes and Procedures
    #4: Inefficient Supply Chain Management
    #5: Poor Cost Data and Incomplete Cost Analyses
    #6: Limited Long-term Acquisition and Funding Strategies
    On November 8 2013, the Lexington Institute sponsored a non-partisan forum on Capitol Hill to address ways of reducing the Pentagon’s overhead costs. There was general agreement by nearly a dozen speakers that cutting reporting requirements, audits, contracting paperwork, data calls, and some testing requirements could save tens of billions of dollars annually. Though IMO, audits are necessary to ensure transparency and accountability, taxpayers have a right to know where their defense dollars are going. Shocking how this video doesn't cover these vital facts.
    Why the F-35 is important:
    _The technologies in the F-22, and the F-35, provide situational awareness of a conflict that is unparalleled in modern war, and lethal tools that enable both aircraft and capabilities in other domains to perform at a higher level. Fifth generation assets employed by joint forces give the US “the asymmetric advantage we need to win our nation’s wars,” Carlisle added._
    _Despite their capability, at present fifth generation aircraft comprise a fraction of the current combat air forces. The average age of a current USAF airframe is 27 years, and rising. Modernizing fighter and bomber forces with sufficient numbers of fifth generation aircraft is critical for continued combat relevance, especially in light of three important trends:_
    • _Modern Integrated Air Defense Systems (IADS) have created regions where fourth generation aircraft cannot effectively penetrate and hope to survive._
    • _Threat aircraft, air-to-air missiles (AAMs), electronic attack (EA), and electronic protection systems have advanced beyond the capabilities of US fourth generation fighters._
    _•Fifth generation aircraft provide a wider variety of wartime options in many scenarios, preserve US technological advantage over near-peer threats, and serve as force multipliers by increasing the situational awareness and combat effectiveness of legacy aircraft._
    -_Fifth Generation Air Combat: Maintaining the Joint Force Advantage By Maj Gen Jeff Harrigian and Col Max Marosko, USAF_
    TLDR: The jet has excellent combat capability. The F-35 is a capable aircraft but the procurement is disastrous and wasteful. _Vox_ has demonstrated 0 knowledge of kinematic and non-kinematic military requirements and responses and the Pentagon procurement process. And to end it off with a Trump like one worded sarcasm: *Sad!*

    • @zulukobra233
      @zulukobra233 Před 7 lety +3

      Informative comment, I still have a question regarding the F-35 though.
      A friend of mine in the U.S. was saying about how they might replace the A-10 with the Lightning, but it seems like an unwise decision to do. I'm curious about whether they will replace the aircraft that does its role so well.
      *Sigh*
      It had pretty nice run, though, the Warthog. I'm sure it won't be forgotten by those who flew it.

    • @54356776
      @54356776 Před 7 lety +3

      The Fake SecDef
      Interesting read. My navy needs this plane ( Royal Navy) , otherwise we have no fixed wing aircraft as our new carriers are built around it (bad move). Should've just kept the Harriers.

    • @halseyactual1732
      @halseyactual1732 Před 7 lety +14

      +Zulu Kobra By all accounts the F-35 is very CAS capable. Superior situational awareness, greater range, longer loiter times, more armament, can feed precise coordinates to MLRSs and Excalibur 155mm SPGs. The A-10 has a good targeting pod but that has a verry narrow FOV, making wide array terrain and enemy identification impossible. There's no real argument as to why the A-10 is superior to the F-35 at CAS. You can just ask me if you need specifics.
      +Andrew Fishburn Yes, the Royal Navy does need this plane. But keeping your Harriers would be unwise. Simply too antiquated, unsuitable for the 21st century threat environment. All I can say is that your navy needs F-35s on time, they only have a handful at the moment, they need the full force and the full force *NOW*. Lockheed Martin is obliged to deliver, I hope the JSF sees no more delays, but ugh, that sounds unlikely.

    • @titsonafish1008
      @titsonafish1008 Před 7 lety +2

      One of the things I found troubling about the video is that it didn't mention that the F-35's flyaway cost when it reaches FRIP will be roughly $83 million for the CTOL model, which isn't that much more than a Super Hornet.
      The LRIP costs are already cheaper than the EF2000 with far superior capabilities.

    • @jimbo2335
      @jimbo2335 Před 7 lety

      How funny and suspicious, this is it, the plane that all of departments
      in our government say is a fiasco, Israel want them all, there is
      something fishy about this, Israel, who have one of the best weaponry,
      the blind, deaf and dumb American tax payers can gift them for free and
      nothing,, want all this bad quality planes, something is going on,
      maybe, the Zionist who control all the branches of our government, order
      them to say just that the plane sucks, so they will get them almost for
      free or not cost, because they are unfit to do their job. The evil
      Zionism at one more of its best deceptions to the American blind sheep.
      Peace.

  • @NotOurRemedy
    @NotOurRemedy Před 4 lety +450

    The jet is actually proving to be a step above anything out there. It’s probably the most unstoppable plane ever made.

    • @JacobBite
      @JacobBite Před 4 lety +15

      can you imagine if the british aerospace industry wasn't destroyed after the cold war?

    • @krankysfirebrand485
      @krankysfirebrand485 Před 3 lety +12

      Of course it is. Newer and more expensive aircraft means better. It could be done with literally any other concept aircraft

    • @judejohnson6336
      @judejohnson6336 Před 3 lety +14

      The Su-57 doesn't exist I guess

    • @agzuhdhdandicycidjs3230
      @agzuhdhdandicycidjs3230 Před 3 lety +4

      The US has enough weapons to destroy humanity 10 times over. Do they really need a fancy plane?

    • @user-wc3wu2mx3m
      @user-wc3wu2mx3m Před 3 lety +8

      @@agzuhdhdandicycidjs3230 in what way would they destroy humanity 10 times over? Are you referrinh to nukes, or overall military might besides nukes?

  • @hoot1141
    @hoot1141 Před 2 lety +149

    It’s funny, I’m watching this in 2022 and the F35 is the future. It’s performing well and kills anything in the sky.

    • @ragglefraggle9111
      @ragglefraggle9111 Před 2 lety +39

      Yeah, every major fighter jet has a ton of issues at launch. The F-16 was initially seen as a disaster and now it's regarded as one of the best jets ever made (for the time).

    • @hoot1141
      @hoot1141 Před 2 lety +30

      @@ragglefraggle9111 That is so true. Fighters are at the top of the list for critics in the government and the media every time we T&E a new one.

    • @adrianshephard224
      @adrianshephard224 Před rokem

      Kills anything in the sky? Go ask Syrians, I heard they damaged one by an very old Soviet built S200 system. Israelis are denying this saying that the F35 in question was not damaged by the S200 missile but by the flock of seagulls that went after F35 on purpose to destroy it to the point where it needed to be scrapped. Supposedly one seagull took a giant dump in F35 engine compartment and the blades of turbo-jet just got stuck. I don't believe Syrians but I do believe Israelis. F35 needs to erase all the seagulls of this planet. PERIOD.

    • @rayquaza1245
      @rayquaza1245 Před rokem

      Almost like the people designing it are some of the smartest in the world, while vox wouldn't even be able to recognize an f35 if you showed them a picture

    • @Trex2009x
      @Trex2009x Před rokem +6

      @@ragglefraggle9111 That's the thing about military vehicles, at the beggining they are regarded as failures like the Abrams and F-35 and now the Abrams MBT is one of the strongest tanks ever meanwhile F-35 IS the future of Air combat

  • @bryanrussell6679
    @bryanrussell6679 Před 2 lety +24

    This aged well, pfffffftt.

  • @flowerdoyle3749
    @flowerdoyle3749 Před 5 lety +309

    Not mentioned is that most of the companies discussed in this video pay zero federal taxes and generous state tax breaks...............

    • @yetifacekilah8885
      @yetifacekilah8885 Před 5 lety +11

      How dare they create so many jobs.............

    • @flowerdoyle3749
      @flowerdoyle3749 Před 5 lety +51

      @@yetifacekilah8885....you do realize who pays the taxes to keep the infrastructure viable so the business can flourish...right? You do realize they are also a government provider so those taxes basically pay for many of those jobs. You do realize how likely they are to get even more government contracts and goodies now that Pat Shanahan...ex Boeing CEO is the Secretary of Defense. Numerous small businesses that Boeing has outsourced much of their work to are creating jobs and paying taxes. Why are companies making billions in profit exempt from taxes while a companies making a million are not?

    • @Transfixed
      @Transfixed Před 5 lety +13

      @@yetifacekilah8885 The government likes to brag about creating jobs, but how many businesses would want to bloat their largest expense (personnel)? Don't be fooled.

    • @bruhmoment7546
      @bruhmoment7546 Před 5 lety +3

      > "Don't be fooled"
      Jesus christ i fell like this is some anti vax mom.
      And no, often personeel isn't the highest expense, and even if it is it's just 90% billion dollar CEO bonuses.

    • @Transfixed
      @Transfixed Před 5 lety +5

      @@bruhmoment7546 Ok business expert. Ask any economist then.

  • @gino14
    @gino14 Před 5 lety +691

    Lockheed Martin offered the X35
    Boeing offered a bathtub

    • @daiminnathan5989
      @daiminnathan5989 Před 5 lety +29

      Reginald Uy neither were pretty but the Boeing was a real stinker

    • @theswagman1263
      @theswagman1263 Před 4 lety +60

      @@daiminnathan5989 it looked like it was gonna eat someone lol

    • @chimergo6501
      @chimergo6501 Před 4 lety +11

      Hey but atleast Boeing build plane who can laugh ...

    • @willvanrooy6878
      @willvanrooy6878 Před 4 lety +13

      Yeah... Boeing's had a distinct double chin - major jowls 😂

    • @TheSpeep
      @TheSpeep Před 4 lety +6

      Neither of them looks anywhere near as nice as the Su-57 the Russians are working on, but yes, unlike Boeing's plane this one still looks pretty slick.

  • @zacharycornejo2106
    @zacharycornejo2106 Před 4 lety +516

    And we can't even buy and produce ventilators...

    • @peterson7082
      @peterson7082 Před 4 lety +28

      We can produce them, just currently not at the scale needed. And there is an abundance of ventilators, just few qualified to meet the needs of hospitals.

    • @jasonperdue2554
      @jasonperdue2554 Před 4 lety +10

      We already produced all we need, more even. Like anything paid for, they take time to build, assemble, ship and use

    • @thrall9498
      @thrall9498 Před 4 lety +11

      TheFlying Templar im glad there are educated people on the subject. Sad that some people jump straight to conclusions and assume it’s someone’s fault. Please do your research people!!

    • @kiraasuka9943
      @kiraasuka9943 Před 3 lety +3

      @@thrall9498 educated folks are gone. Look at our future leader like NYC progressive dem AOC: shooting and violence in our community is up in the past 2 weeks I think is poor people need some bread to feed their kids.

    • @knightrider693
      @knightrider693 Před 3 lety +4

      This comment didn't age well

  • @F0xSH0X1
    @F0xSH0X1 Před 2 lety +90

    This video didn’t age well. Seeing as the F35 is now very successful

    • @petitio_principii
      @petitio_principii Před 2 lety +14

      Video point is not "f35 is bad" but "f35 development is slow and extraordinarily expensive." It remains the case.

    • @logicplague2077
      @logicplague2077 Před rokem +16

      @@petitio_principii Same can be said about basically every new military aircraft design. Could it have been done better? Very likely yes. Was it ever going to be "cheap" to develop? Absolutely not.

    • @pelicanair2048
      @pelicanair2048 Před rokem +1

      It wasn’t good from the start

    • @ae3464
      @ae3464 Před rokem

      The problem with the plane is that its very expensive and congress still continues to supoort it. Although i agree this is a good plane and a successful one

    • @sigma_frenchie4075
      @sigma_frenchie4075 Před rokem

      @@logicplague2077 No lol, The F-35 is literally the most plagued and most expensive military program in HISTORY. what is done is done and just saying "But hey at least F35 flies and is stealthy and oh it can drop bombs aswell" will not change that. you are trying to save the pots and pans

  • @ethanng8529
    @ethanng8529 Před 4 lety +121

    I'm starting to think that Congress really doesn't like paying debts...

  • @johncampbell3356
    @johncampbell3356 Před 4 lety +861

    There is where our universal health care and low cost tuition went.

    • @johncampbell3356
      @johncampbell3356 Před 4 lety +27

      @@user-zd9fc4vs4q don't want to be in debt to the government the rest of my life

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer Před 4 lety +13

      If you want free healthcare, why don't you ask your state legislature to do so?

    • @johncampbell3356
      @johncampbell3356 Před 4 lety +103

      @@demanischaffer they are too busy giving isreal 3.8 billion dollars a year so they can have Medicare for all. Our government works for AIPAC, not us

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer Před 4 lety +19

      @@johncampbell3356 Your state legislature is giving money to Israel?
      Sounds highly unlikely

    • @johncampbell3356
      @johncampbell3356 Před 4 lety +55

      @@demanischaffer no, that would be the federal government.

  • @igisanchez265
    @igisanchez265 Před 2 lety +45

    Next video from Vox: Why cancelling the F-35, which we labeled as a disaster, will be a disaster.

    • @petitio_principii
      @petitio_principii Před 2 lety

      Or maybe a video on how long it will take for its development costs to be finally covered.

    • @kordellswoffer1520
      @kordellswoffer1520 Před 2 lety +2

      @@petitio_principii not very long.

  • @SomeonessChannel
    @SomeonessChannel Před 3 lety +50

    This video didn’t age well. Extremely costly? Yes. But oh boy what a superior technological masterpiece the F-35 is. Above anything else that currently exists.

    • @TheEmreErgul
      @TheEmreErgul Před 2 lety +2

      I think StarshipSN15 is above F-35. F-35 is not a good investment for anything. High cost to maintain (hardware gets old). High cost to use ($36k per hour). In war, it's not affordable to lose ($100m). While you can do the same job with a $5m drone without risking your pilot.

    • @SomeonessChannel
      @SomeonessChannel Před 2 lety +18

      @@TheEmreErgul Starship SN15? Do you have any idea what you're talking about?

    • @TheEmreErgul
      @TheEmreErgul Před 2 lety

      @@SomeonessChannel Sorry I should have been more clear. What I was trying to say f-35 is not superior to many things technological-wise. It's not above anything else. It's above other aircraft. Not in all aspects ofc but in most of them.

    • @SomeonessChannel
      @SomeonessChannel Před 2 lety +17

      @@TheEmreErgul That's the point of the F-35. Being superior to any other aircraft, not to be the most superior piece of technology humanity has ever built.

    • @logicplague2077
      @logicplague2077 Před rokem +6

      Most Vox videos don't.

  • @Dweller415
    @Dweller415 Před 4 lety +634

    Ironically this jet is proving itself virtually unstoppable by the Israelis.

    • @op3129
      @op3129 Před 4 lety +19

      that WOULD be ironic ... if true

    • @dovidell
      @dovidell Před 4 lety +163

      The Israeli Air Force is a great poster boy for advertising American made planes " tested" in the Middle East and other arenas

    • @pepefrogstein845
      @pepefrogstein845 Před 4 lety +136

      Unstoppable except if you're a bird or a S-200 missile, depending on who you ask.

    • @Aldnon
      @Aldnon Před 4 lety +104

      @@op3129 They did, they test it by flying it to Iran airspace right over their capital, completely undetected.

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer Před 4 lety +137

      @@pepefrogstein845 Good thing neither the Russians, Syrians nor Israelis have ever verified that unfounded claim of an S-200 even firing at an F-35
      Also bird strikes are not good for any type of plane

  • @TKO_CEY
    @TKO_CEY Před 7 lety +1078

    so the point, war pays

    • @ryanhaasbroek2643
      @ryanhaasbroek2643 Před 7 lety +49

      Kaan Ra
      Very much so. It costs too.

    • @Isomoar
      @Isomoar Před 7 lety +32

      Ironically people don't seem to have a problem with that cost however... Everything else costs too much though! /s

    • @DeepValueOptions
      @DeepValueOptions Před 7 lety +14

      Kaan Ra war is a good business for the likes of Stark Industries

    • @onomatopoeia162003
      @onomatopoeia162003 Před 7 lety +10

      and Eisenhower was right

    • @scofield1154
      @scofield1154 Před 7 lety +12

      it doesnt pay off
      its just that if they cancel it completely it would be a big problem
      same thing with obamacare
      its not perfect but completely cancelling it would be disasterous
      If you ask me I think that America should keep spending money on aircrafts
      but not aircrafts that kill people

  • @calcrappie8507
    @calcrappie8507 Před 3 lety +69

    The F-35 is selling so good the price is down to 78 million USD for the popular F-35A variant. By all measures, this program is becoming wildly successful.

    • @noedels2119
      @noedels2119 Před 3 lety +18

      @FEDSJ ye but fighters like the f16 had over a 1000 flaws in the beginning but now it is the most successful jet fighter in the world

    • @gilberttrois8492
      @gilberttrois8492 Před 3 lety +1

      They just wanted to surpass the French goat Rafale at 77million

    • @docinabox258
      @docinabox258 Před 3 lety +1

      @FEDSJ its is still the best jet though

    • @macvos
      @macvos Před 3 lety +5

      @@noedels2119 how dare you be so factual and realistic! Big projects becoming successful after working out the initial kinks aren't useful to make fun of, especially by uninformed people with zero understanding of big complex development projects.

    • @michaelalvarez8112
      @michaelalvarez8112 Před 5 měsíci

      Idk if your bashing it or not. But the price dropping for fighter planes is actually a good thing. It means it’s getting streamlined and easier to produce

  • @stayfrosty6290
    @stayfrosty6290 Před 4 lety +133

    Harrier Jump Jet: (exists)
    F-35: "Give me a few decades and I'll one up you."

    • @donut5818
      @donut5818 Před 4 lety +17

      While the F-35B is an improvement, better fighters could’ve been built if the work was split between 3 separate designs and not just one.

    • @patthonsirilim5739
      @patthonsirilim5739 Před 4 lety +11

      @@donut5818 true a truck will never be able to handle like a sports car and vice versa a specific design for specific role will always outperform an equipment that is design to do multiple task

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer Před 4 lety +7

      @@donut5818 however each of the variants were built from the ground up to meet the requirements of each service, the A,B, and C are internally very different

    • @TheRogueX
      @TheRogueX Před 4 lety

      @@demanischaffer It would have been cheaper to design three different planes.

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer Před 4 lety

      @@TheRogueX So it would've been cheaper to design 3 totally separate 5th generation planes then to design 3 very similar 5th geniration planes that have some of the same parts and a lot of cousin parts?
      So where are you getting your assessment from?

  • @doodelay
    @doodelay Před 7 lety +2328

    These are the types of highly explanatory videos that I love most about Vox and keeps me subbed. Thank you and please create more

    • @jacoblemieux3791
      @jacoblemieux3791 Před 7 lety +22

      doodelay Yup this is what I like. Not their stupid liberal propaganda.

    • @doodelay
      @doodelay Před 7 lety +7

      One Minute History​​ I do like the idea quite a lot. But after watching a few of your videos I think that 1 minute history is in fact, too short. Perhaps 5 minute history would best serve your viewers? After all people who like history do not have tiny attention spans, even minute physics no longer makes 1 minute videos.
      I did sub though, keep it up and please do not limit yourself to 1 literal minute

    • @young7931
      @young7931 Před 7 lety +10

      I hate vox due to them spewing liberal crap and femenist bs

    • @webhobo7786
      @webhobo7786 Před 7 lety

      doodelay I agree!

    • @Flightman453
      @Flightman453 Před 7 lety +4

      Stop crying. If it's Trump is "propaganda". If it's Hillary it's "biased". Pick one idiot.

  • @YuSuck
    @YuSuck Před 4 lety +80

    It’s only public money. Spend it all lads, no one minds

  • @fallits
    @fallits Před 2 lety +32

    The price of this aircraft has decreased a lot; this video aged like milk

  • @moobutt
    @moobutt Před rokem +45

    How is Vox even in business at this point. You are wrong on everything 🤣

    • @arthurmorgan332
      @arthurmorgan332 Před rokem +1

      The same way Fox is still in business 😎

    • @moobutt
      @moobutt Před rokem

      @@arthurmorgan332 - They’re nothing but controlled opposition trash. Layoff the Kool Aid.

    • @thecornman3344
      @thecornman3344 Před rokem +5

      @@arthurmorgan332 vox is like the fox of the left

    • @jeltje50
      @jeltje50 Před rokem

      @@thecornman3344 nahhh vox atleast has some good articles/videos.

  • @sylphiongamer8201
    @sylphiongamer8201 Před 6 lety +876

    Spreading production across the country like that, might be politically smart, but is terribly inefficient.

    • @MegaMoose1989
      @MegaMoose1989 Před 6 lety +80

      it is how they guarantee a source of income. There is a defense contractor in almost every single congressional district in the country. Even St Bernie of Vermont is a big F35 defender because of the jobs it brings to Vermont.

    • @tollboothjason
      @tollboothjason Před 6 lety +34

      Saint Bernie of Vermont 🤣🤣🤣

    • @wombatlover2796
      @wombatlover2796 Před 6 lety +14

      Especially, when you go to final assembly and the huge quality control issues occur and parts don't fit properly, then you have to machine them to fit.. so each aircraft has specialised parts..
      Then ALIS tells you that parts aren't working, when the parts are actually working.. so you got to ground the aircraft until you can find the fault with ALIS...
      Its about this time, you need to purchase a $600 hammer from the Pentagon..

    • @kyle857
      @kyle857 Před 6 lety +3

      SylphionGamer We dont really need efficiency for the numbers we are building.

    • @sumott497
      @sumott497 Před 6 lety +30

      @wombat - you really need to study how this jet is being developed. It took 20 years to develop the f14 tomcat. We are at year 12 of development of the F35, so your perspective is off.
      Secondly, only 200 f-35s have been built and for good reason. Its a testing fleet. When something breaks they reengineer the part so when we buld 2300 of these jets, parts match up. People dont realize that development has not ended.

  • @stefanohasello8921
    @stefanohasello8921 Před rokem +46

    I love your work Vox, but on this occasion it really didn't age very well at all

  • @OmarDelawar
    @OmarDelawar Před 3 lety +164

    Trump about the F-35: “It is invisible, you cannot see it”
    Lockheed: “To radar...invisible to radar!”

    • @kroelld
      @kroelld Před 3 lety

      @Nick Milligan 😉 We have more than that.

    • @logicplague2077
      @logicplague2077 Před rokem +2

      Both are wrong.

    • @FGCVidz
      @FGCVidz Před rokem

      What if that was a classified capability that he wasn’t supposed to leak? Lol

    • @logicplague2077
      @logicplague2077 Před rokem +3

      @@FGCVidz Then the laws of physics decided to take some time off.

    • @aussiejezza
      @aussiejezza Před rokem

      and here I was hoping for a surprise invisibility cloak

  • @pixelariumoriginal3529
    @pixelariumoriginal3529 Před 3 lety +197

    Engineers: F35 has many design flaws...
    Government: Yes
    Engineers: So what are we supposed to do?
    Government: Yes...
    ...

  • @tyrael280
    @tyrael280 Před 6 lety +1450

    The bottom line : buy Raytheon shares

    • @jaisonwaiste9575
      @jaisonwaiste9575 Před 6 lety +63

      This is exactly why there will be always be war..gotta keep stocks up.

    • @Eric-ye5yz
      @Eric-ye5yz Před 6 lety +42

      The damage caused by WW2 far out weighed any gains, and any gains made were by the few. Einstein said "I don't know what weapons will be used in the next war, but the one after will be with stones and spears".

    • @D2A962
      @D2A962 Před 6 lety +8

      Izno Iznogoud the true misfortune is in the masses seeming lack-of-a-desire to fight for change the same way our ancestors did. We're simply too impressed by gimmicky bullshit and will continue to be until it's far too late.

    • @D2A962
      @D2A962 Před 6 lety +11

      John Hall did I touch a nerve? I fail to see what wrong with my "analysis". Then again, you're an admitted participant in the military industrial complex, so I doubt we'll have much to discuss beyond the personal attacks you've already provided.

    • @rayologyxm
      @rayologyxm Před 6 lety

      I should buy shares given that it shares my name

  • @magicmagus1459
    @magicmagus1459 Před 2 lety +15

    Well this turned out to be totally wrong!!!

  • @randomdude275
    @randomdude275 Před 3 lety +34

    People like to bash the F-35 but they fail to take into account that this plane is made to replace everything and do everything

    • @fluxcapacitor1621
      @fluxcapacitor1621 Před 2 lety

      Everything but win a war. We keep losing wars and the F-35 wouldn't have changed the outcomes. If we had it during Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan, we still would have lost.
      It's all about using fear to freeload off of taxpayers. Socialism for Republicans.
      DoD = Department of Dependents
      I hate to break it to you but low cost drones are the future. You could have thousands of them in the sky for the same cost as an F-35.

    • @eleventy-seven
      @eleventy-seven Před rokem

      It's a dream.

    • @ianshaver8954
      @ianshaver8954 Před rokem

      Dreams can become reality if you spend enough on them. The F-35 is proof.

    • @aussiejezza
      @aussiejezza Před rokem +1

      and that's why the f22, a10, f16, f15 and f18 are all no more

  • @yondie491
    @yondie491 Před 3 lety +57

    It's almost like there are complications with bleeding-edge technology. The list of things that have been incredible for the military, like the Abrams, Apache, Osprey, and so much more, that went thru similar teething issues is a long list.

    • @annoymouse890
      @annoymouse890 Před rokem

      Apache isnt bleeding edge

    • @staz3014
      @staz3014 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@annoymouse890Well of course, it was made in the 80s.
      It was bleeding edge for the 80s.
      Same for the Abrams back when it was first introduced... Ever heard of Desert Storm?

    • @annoymouse890
      @annoymouse890 Před 9 měsíci

      i have@@staz3014

  • @soapftw96
    @soapftw96 Před 7 lety +161

    Not much is made in America anymore. But we sure can still make weapons!

    • @Ludwig1625
      @Ludwig1625 Před 7 lety

      soapftw96 Sure

    • @happyjohn354
      @happyjohn354 Před 7 lety +3

      our country started with a war and we have persisted through war so why not?

    • @irfan123100
      @irfan123100 Před 7 lety +12

      pew pew pew

    • @RandomTessellate
      @RandomTessellate Před 7 lety

      Putin and Xi approve of this message.

    • @evanlegee
      @evanlegee Před 7 lety +1

      iTzIvax no. Picture this, you're being attacked by the strongest man on earth who has threatened to kill you in the past. Do you want a weapon to defend yourself with or do you want to take your chances at beating him with your hands.

  • @OperatorE0003
    @OperatorE0003 Před 2 lety +67

    The F-35 has quickly become a very serviceable and respectable plane by the way; for anyone wondering in 2022 who doesn't know much about dogfighting

    • @petitio_principii
      @petitio_principii Před 2 lety +1

      Not really "quickly," but finally. What are the estimates regarding when it would pay for its development costs, interest included?

    • @OperatorE0003
      @OperatorE0003 Před 2 lety +2

      @@petitio_principii I think the cost of the development, no matter how high or low, would be irrelevant to the actual capabilities of the plane. To answer your question though, in a very long time

    • @ABC-48483
      @ABC-48483 Před rokem +1

      Me and my ex would meet up if we were drunk.. we use to call our drunk s*x dogfighting

  • @Ward3n_Main
    @Ward3n_Main Před 8 měsíci +8

    this video aged like milk

  • @UnseenR35
    @UnseenR35 Před 2 lety +37

    Switzerland just decided to buy 36 of those for the country...

    • @aztronomy7457
      @aztronomy7457 Před 2 lety +17

      This is an old article from an anti military news organization. Talk to any pilot or military expert and most of the problems had been figured out with the f35. It's still way overpriced but it's certainly much better now than it was 4 or 5 years ago.

    • @MBuf
      @MBuf Před 2 lety +1

      @@aztronomy7457 why does switzerland need 36 fighter jets...

    • @aztronomy7457
      @aztronomy7457 Před 2 lety +4

      @@MBuf idk. I'm not swiss.

    • @MBuf
      @MBuf Před 2 lety +2

      @@aztronomy7457 then why are you defending them & their choice?

    • @aztronomy7457
      @aztronomy7457 Před 2 lety +4

      @@MBuf I'm simply stating that it's a good jet. Most of the problems have been worked out. If they want a jet, its a good one to buy. Do they NEED a jet? I have no idea.

  • @beernd4822
    @beernd4822 Před 6 lety +79

    Remember what all the experts said about the F16 back in the late 1970 tees?
    "They have the wrong plane"

    • @articwolf10
      @articwolf10 Před 5 lety +5

      @@More_Row i googled this for you. Google can help you find what your looking for. Remember to click on the link in order to read it.
      www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a21587/1977-when-the-f-16-was-americas-problem-child/

    • @alkaholic4848
      @alkaholic4848 Před 5 lety

      Nineteen seventy tees? You only need an s on the end of the number, not a space then 'tees'. Interesting comment though, very relevant.

    • @Ugly_German_Truths
      @Ugly_German_Truths Před 5 lety +2

      +Pierce Ryan
      You are aware that your link confirms that everything in the F35 program is like the F16 problems but *_on steroids_* ? It's a similar process but on a MUCH larger scale. And other than after four decades of successful F16 service it is far from secure that the F35 problems even CAN be completely eliminated. And finally the F16 only was supposed to fill one niche, the F35 is supposed to replace half a dozen different models of fighter craft in the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy arsenals, there are no fallbacks to take up the slack should they not be able to deliver once they're on the roster that's it.
      It may turn out in 10 years that it was (mostly) resolvable, it may lead to an even more expensive emergency replacement program throwing good money after bad expenses. Only time can tell. It's much too soon to defend the program as undeservedly maligned just because on paper it looks kind of like a repeat of the F16...
      even more so as these problems, specifically the cost overruns have become a trend with growing consequences for the programs involved. And other than the Army with its dozens of tank or artillery projects that could be given up, the Air Force is always fighting ticking clocks as air frames only have a limited time of usage (while e.g. a tank chassis can be upgraded relatively easy, e.g. by bolting on suplementary armor or something like the Anti-RPG cages on the Strykers, bringing a jet fighter over its maximum number of flight hours requries almost a complete structural rebuild... costing about as much as a new plane anyways)

    • @331SVTCobra
      @331SVTCobra Před 5 lety +2

      I followed the F16 program from the yf-16 days. Nobody ever said it was "the wrong plane".
      Ever.
      The C5, F15, B1, and B17 were all hated on for being "the wrong plane"... and the complainers were proven profoundly wrong.
      But nobody ever disparaged the F16.

    • @ivanlagrossemoule
      @ivanlagrossemoule Před 2 lety

      @@331SVTCobra Erm, the F-16 had massive crash rates and was referred to as the "lawn dart".

  • @joshair8163
    @joshair8163 Před 7 lety +79

    The cockpit footage at 0:08 is from an F-18
    EDIT: It might be an F-16, but it's definitely not an F-35. Also at 6:00

    • @cameronsipka3352
      @cameronsipka3352 Před 7 lety

      Josh Air I'm sorry :(

    • @dgallari4370
      @dgallari4370 Před 7 lety +2

      It's an f16

    • @axpetre
      @axpetre Před 7 lety +10

      Yeah, and at 2:26 he talks about Sikorsky helicopters, but showing a Eurocopter Tiger instead. It makes you wonder how many facts they get right when they're making so many avoidable mistakes.

    • @mrjpb23
      @mrjpb23 Před 7 lety +2

      It's just B roll, give them a break. The only thing factually incorrect is the info graphic at 5:40, none of the models will have "2 engines," and it's the Marine model that melts flight decks in VTOL mode, not the Navy variant.

    • @chillbro1010
      @chillbro1010 Před 7 lety +6

      But aren't the marines just part of the navy?
      And yes, im just saying this to piss off any marines.

  • @presleynotalt5530
    @presleynotalt5530 Před rokem +7

    This did not age well.

  • @moobutt
    @moobutt Před 2 lety +12

    What a bunch of garbage. It’s a good platform.

  • @KevinHill320906
    @KevinHill320906 Před 6 lety +320

    "the helmet is to heavy"
    what an Air Force Answer...

    • @wormfood868
      @wormfood868 Před 5 lety +75

      Remember the pilot has to deal with G-forces from maneuvering, so a twenty pound helmet is a lot bigger problem for them. Strap 100 pounds to your head and look up, then let us know how it went. Edit: The helmet isn't really nearly that heavy, but weight's still an issue, especially if the pilot has to eject.

    • @ewthmatth
      @ewthmatth Před 5 lety +35

      Kevin Hill in a 7G turn that helmet weighs 140 pounds.

    • @imrekalman9044
      @imrekalman9044 Před 5 lety +10

      The helmet for the Eurofighter Typhoon is 1.9 kg, just over 4 lbs. The F-35's should be similar.
      At 7+ G when it's not for a moment but constant for minutes, be it an air show or a dog fight, every gram matters.

    • @hempfarm8893
      @hempfarm8893 Před 5 lety +10

      Chair force

    • @Bluelightning23
      @Bluelightning23 Před 5 lety +1

      Kevin Hill There was more to it than just "the helmet is heavy" we were only given a short sound bite.

  • @knightimer2
    @knightimer2 Před 7 lety +135

    You win the war in the air, you win the war. Well against a traditional military anyway. Guerrillas not so much. But against Russia we would dominate with the F35. The problem is still the nuke problem. Our current fighters are better than Russias currently but the F35s capabilites would be able to take out radar before the radar sees us, drastically reducing casualties during an air battle and an advance on the ground.
    I love the F35 in an ideological way, but it's preparing for the future. A future that may not come. These companies need to slow it down, take their time, and do it right.

    • @goozebump
      @goozebump Před 7 lety +10

      knightimer2 exactly since nuclear warfare all these advance fighter jets are useless....go to war with any other 1st world nation and its over for everybody.

    • @andrewsoh1035
      @andrewsoh1035 Před 7 lety +11

      Aman Singh u touch that with a SA-400 'Grumbler'

    • @andrewsoh1035
      @andrewsoh1035 Před 7 lety +3

      Aman Singh u touch that with a S-400 'Grumbler'

    • @S1lverarrow
      @S1lverarrow Před 7 lety +31

      Except Russia isn't going to a war against America, and if they do, they will use Satan 2 (stealth ballistic missile with thermal nuclear warhead) which F-35 is useless against it. So stop playing Modern Warfare, Russia don't want to invade US, they don't have enough money to fund an invasion, but enough to make a weapon which F-35 would be totally useless against it.

    • @thatperformer3879
      @thatperformer3879 Před 7 lety +7

      knightimer2 oh you and your false idea of patriotism, majority of the US hates our wars and just wants our troops to get out of the Middle East

  • @djcalvin408
    @djcalvin408 Před 2 lety +19

    And 4 years later, it’s selling like hot pancakes! That’s what happens when you have people with no idea about the technology that goes into one of these 🤣

    • @seankilburn7200
      @seankilburn7200 Před 2 lety +8

      And are critical of all things related to the military

    • @wyguy1212
      @wyguy1212 Před rokem

      Ok it’s selling where is that money going ? To you? To your family? To your school teachers? To your hospital? No it sells and money goes to wealthy elites who own Lockheed id rather my gov spend my tax dollars on things that would improve my life on a day to day basis

    • @Bruh-td7ex
      @Bruh-td7ex Před rokem

      @@wyguy1212 you do realize the budget on health or care is high, the problem is that how to distribute it and either bureaucracy or other reasons.

  • @imcrazyforwar
    @imcrazyforwar Před 3 lety +55

    I work as a contractor, and the way my boss explains is this." At the end of the day, it's a jobs program."

    • @mart1jin509
      @mart1jin509 Před 2 lety

      I could think of more effecient job building programs.

    • @imcrazyforwar
      @imcrazyforwar Před 2 lety +1

      @@mart1jin509 u could, but u need lobbyist with more money than them

    • @prolarka
      @prolarka Před 2 lety

      @@mart1jin509 They are not living in that part of the world where they are required to be efficient.

  • @HaoSci
    @HaoSci Před 7 lety +78

    Trump is trying to put his own defense contractor in.

    • @ajamico
      @ajamico Před 7 lety +4

      HaoSci the f35 is such an over expensive piece of junk... if he can get a plane that is better priced with great performance, who cares if it's his own contractors

    • @astorothcr
      @astorothcr Před 7 lety +1

      Gonna bury those fanatic ISIS with potatoes dropped from thousands of Cessna 182s with Trump portrait printed on their wings.

    • @Rubafix989
      @Rubafix989 Před 7 lety +1

      And would help feed civilian families on the ground that gets bombed every for the last 30 years

    • @Demonslayer20111
      @Demonslayer20111 Před 7 lety

      +Blah b not our problem. that is lockheeds problem.

    • @ajamico
      @ajamico Před 7 lety

      Blah b corrupt...as of yet there is nothing corrupt about this president. Just a bunch of pansies who can't stop whining he won. The point remains...who cares who he gives ANY American business to if he saves the American taxpayer money & wipes out ISIS in the process. Win in both categories.

  • @ThePoker215
    @ThePoker215 Před 7 lety +115

    I agree with trump on this

    • @zrbbg9639
      @zrbbg9639 Před 6 lety +2

      Agamemno Contingency Me too.

    • @asmrgamer3266
      @asmrgamer3266 Před 6 lety +2

      He’ll use the savings to build a wall

    • @stupidburp
      @stupidburp Před 6 lety

      Super Hornets are not the right replacements though, updated F-22 and F-15 are.

    • @tsu8003
      @tsu8003 Před 6 lety

      And Trump saves money by giving huge American companies a massive tax cut! Sounds like pure hypocrisy to me!

  • @namsonangthai5234
    @namsonangthai5234 Před rokem +6

    Well this aged like milk.

    • @ImWoolly
      @ImWoolly Před rokem +1

      From the beginning it was already spoiled

  • @wizardjinx
    @wizardjinx Před 10 měsíci +10

    This video has not aged well.

    • @NutcasePodcast77
      @NutcasePodcast77 Před 10 měsíci

      How?

    • @angellara7040
      @angellara7040 Před 10 měsíci +2

      ​@@NutcasePodcast77how not?

    • @sya_7489
      @sya_7489 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@NutcasePodcast77 look up how many countries are lining up to buy the F-35

    • @kaizer7568
      @kaizer7568 Před měsícem

      ​@@sya_7489Just because other countries are lining up to buy it, it doesn't mean it's good. I think you forgot how corrupted politicians are

  • @sorrygod5649
    @sorrygod5649 Před 7 lety +1265

    I can totally see trump watching this for educational purposes

    • @sorrygod5649
      @sorrygod5649 Před 7 lety +18

      Who doesn't

    • @CallsignYukiMizuki
      @CallsignYukiMizuki Před 7 lety +8

      TV?
      Is that a rare seasonal drop?

    • @santosgessy70
      @santosgessy70 Před 7 lety +41

      He wouldn't understand a word they're saying

    • @mrjpb23
      @mrjpb23 Před 7 lety +51

      He's still digesting the school house rock video on how a bill becomes a law.

    • @frozeneternity93
      @frozeneternity93 Před 7 lety +14

      *Said in a Russian accent
      In Soviet America, Trump educates you!

  • @bobboberson2024
    @bobboberson2024 Před 5 lety +36

    Very interesting stuff. Lots of well-presented information. But know that ALL aircraft have developmental problems. EVERY single one - military or commercial. The F-35 is anything but a disaster. It will survive and thrive at some point. And actually, the special needs of the different branches brings the cost way down considering they all start from the same airframe. Imagine all branches getting their own bespoke asset!

  • @daifunka7062
    @daifunka7062 Před rokem +9

    So it's not a disaster after all

  • @duhamelvelez-cotto7741
    @duhamelvelez-cotto7741 Před 2 lety +11

    Stop talking trash about the f 35 and read the real stats

  • @williamdevane88
    @williamdevane88 Před 7 lety +11

    I think the worst thing about turning 7 years old was losing my delusion that adults had this stuff figured out

  • @davidgreen5099
    @davidgreen5099 Před 6 lety +1945

    From Vox, the fighter jet experts of the world.

    • @MrProtopopescovici
      @MrProtopopescovici Před 6 lety +361

      you don't need to be an expert to see that funneling billions of dollars into a failure is just bad, economically speaking. ( it's a failure that was kept afloat by money basically ). Imagine the millions of americans that paid their taxes for nothing.
      I would be mad to find out that my tax dollars went to this to be honest with you. No free healthcare. But this is way better right? 10.6 billion dollars, do you know how much that is? America is a breeding ground for corruption, if you want to fix your country you should start by making lobbying illegal. Because thats where the whole problem starts.

    • @davidgreen5099
      @davidgreen5099 Před 6 lety +71

      Alex Tiberiu and I don't need your caustic remarks, vox is full of bullshit.

    • @johnhull2582
      @johnhull2582 Před 6 lety +152

      If you don't definitively know what a word means, look it up before using it. Your words are caustic, not Alex's.

    • @davidgreen5099
      @davidgreen5099 Před 6 lety +16

      i know what caustic means.and his words are that.

    • @johnhull2582
      @johnhull2582 Před 6 lety +118

      caus·tic
      ˈkôstik/Submit
      adjective
      1.
      able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action.
      "a caustic cleaner"
      synonyms: corrosive, corroding, abrasive, mordant, acid
      "a caustic cleaner"
      2.
      sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way.

  • @blackfacts6137
    @blackfacts6137 Před rokem +6

    LazerPig gang here

  • @sya_7489
    @sya_7489 Před 5 měsíci +6

    this video aged like military grade kerosene

  • @isaacbutcher3985
    @isaacbutcher3985 Před 7 lety +43

    Keep in mind that this exact aircraft got a 20:1 kill ratio at the latest Red Flag.

    • @jamesdrake3651
      @jamesdrake3651 Před 7 lety +18

      "Kill ratios attributed to a platform naturally make us think of direct engagements with enemy aircraft, but Red Flag is a highly integrated air battle, one that always uses the latest data-link fusing gateways and other force-multipliers. It remains unclear whether the stated kill ratio is strictly attributable to the F-35, or if it includes the actions of other coalition aircraft, particularly F-22s, while the F-35 is merely present. "
      www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/7488/lets-talk-about-those-f-35-kill-ratio-reports-from-red-flag

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer Před 6 lety +1

      James Drake Nope pilots reported the F22's weren't in the same areas as the F35

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer Před 6 lety +1

      Hugh Jarce The F35 win to loss ratio is for all of the F-35's not just one, that's not how a win to loss ratio works for an aircraft type

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer Před 6 lety +1

      Izno Iznogoud Pretty sure people had the same argument for the F15 minus the stealth

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer Před 6 lety +1

      Izno Iznogoud And you say it isn't good because the F117 was a hanger queen, the F117 was an early Gen stealth aircraft, of course it was a hanger queen it was the first of it's kind, but I'm pretty sure people called the F15 and the F22 hanger queens at first

  • @loganwells548
    @loganwells548 Před 4 lety +33

    It’s supposed to replace all fighters for the next 50 years. It’s not as expensive as they make it out to be in the long run.

    • @davidemartorana4708
      @davidemartorana4708 Před 4 lety

      Yeah but It's more expensive to purchase and operate than everything else and it's not even ready yet

    • @richj24
      @richj24 Před 4 lety +5

      Davide Martorana They finished the project and deliveries are being made to US allies....

    • @dumdumbinks274
      @dumdumbinks274 Před 4 lety +2

      @@davidemartorana4708 There are several well known fighters that cost more to purchase and operate. The F-15 is one of them despite the infrastructure to maintain it being in place since the 1970s.

    • @UptownDegree
      @UptownDegree Před 3 lety

      F 35A cost is actually pretty good

    • @seankilburn7200
      @seankilburn7200 Před 2 lety +2

      @@davidemartorana4708 costs have already dropped considerably now that production has ramped up

  • @99Yeti
    @99Yeti Před 2 lety +20

    It’s the best fighter jet in the world

    • @mone2609
      @mone2609 Před 2 lety

      No

    • @99Yeti
      @99Yeti Před 2 lety +1

      @@mone2609 ok why I’ll prove ya wrong

    • @99Yeti
      @99Yeti Před 2 lety +1

      @@mone2609 hellooooo

    • @99Yeti
      @99Yeti Před 2 lety +1

      @@mone2609 I’ve been waiting

    • @captainmcsplash682
      @captainmcsplash682 Před 2 lety

      not the best, that would be the F-22, but certainly one of the best aircraft ever built.

  • @likemostthings
    @likemostthings Před 4 lety +54

    Since the video, the F35 appears to be finally working and knocking everything out of the sky, including the F22.

    • @neofil69
      @neofil69 Před 3 lety +4

      It is working, when it is far away from lightning 😂😂

    • @xSupra
      @xSupra Před 3 lety +22

      @@neofil69 I mean, that goes for like every other plane. Same with birds.

    • @Spudtron98
      @Spudtron98 Před 3 lety +13

      @@xSupra Yeah, turns out plane engines don't tend to react well to having big hunks of meat being shot through them at several hundred kilometres per hour.

    • @UptownDegree
      @UptownDegree Před 3 lety +13

      F 35 is an excellent plane now

    • @CannonFodder873
      @CannonFodder873 Před 3 lety +2

      @@UptownDegree ...with a restricted operational envelope due to design errors.🤣

  • @cmdmd
    @cmdmd Před 5 lety +89

    Simple, it showcases the power of the military-industrial complex.

  • @TheNondiscriminatory
    @TheNondiscriminatory Před 7 lety +87

    as a liberal- but also a veteran- i have to say the amount of uniformed people in this thread is alarming. I mean sure, not everyone already knew about this stuff, fine. but the f-35 is head and shoulders above anything else except perhaps the f-22. "why do we need them when our enemies don't have air forces?" because serious threats like Russia and China do, and our fleet is truly aging. I mean old AF. any country that wants to maintain its security and the security of other obviously or arguably helpless nations like Japan, Taiwan, Ukraine, half of Europe or even australia, need to keep the edge, and we are LUCKY enough to have it, hands down. (the whole military- carriers, warplanes, equipment for ground troops, etc.) also, having a superpower truly decreases conflicts around the globe, because there isn't equal power capability between potentially violent nations- so they have to curtail their violent plans and be more diplomatic so they aren't crushed by a superpowers overwhelming forces. anyway, this is not just fear mongering- China has been grabbing up territory that doesn't belong to them in the South China Sea and they've been looking at other countries like a bear looks at a steak. we NEED the f-35 to maintain dominance in the skies and protect our ground forces in the event of any conflict. period. and nothing comes close the flawed f35, according to test pilots around the globe- and they are barely scratching the surface of its potential. just wait until the remaining (and really not many) kinks are worked out and the pilots master the aircraft. if anything, my criticism is the early mismanagement of the program and just plain old hubris- trying to pack 30 years of future proof into one airframe. but now that it's here, science help the invaders of defenseless countries if it happens.

    • @samgerland6087
      @samgerland6087 Před 7 lety +3

      Doesn't matter, its a waste of time to do all of these investments into war accessories. All of these resources should be invested in infinite energy

    • @josephpenn1115
      @josephpenn1115 Před 7 lety +6

      Sam G >infinite energy energy cannot be created or destroyed only transferred infinite energy is completely in all ways impossible

    • @tysondoesstuff4911
      @tysondoesstuff4911 Před 7 lety +6

      in the position America is in right now, nobody wants any help from Americans...
      and why is china a threat? Just cause the US owes them 18 trillion dollars does not make them a threat...

    • @tysondoesstuff4911
      @tysondoesstuff4911 Před 7 lety

      That would be great! If it were POSSIBLE!

    • @TheNondiscriminatory
      @TheNondiscriminatory Před 7 lety +1

      Joseph Penn someone who understands basic physics. thank you 🤗

  • @CaptainSovereign
    @CaptainSovereign Před 6 měsíci +6

    Aged like like milk....malakas

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog1989 Před 3 lety +90

    The Military Industrial Complex, the very thing that Dwight Eisenhower warned about in his farewell address in 1961.
    "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the Military Industrial Complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists,"

    • @lorenzoblum868
      @lorenzoblum868 Před 2 lety +4

      The carbon footprint of the military industrial complex too...

  • @LightxHeaven
    @LightxHeaven Před 7 lety +14

    Eisenhower told us, but we chose to ignore his warning.

  • @osas.4098
    @osas.4098 Před 6 lety +249

    Eh congress is congress. No one listens to eisenhower.

    • @darimiwamubarak
      @darimiwamubarak Před 6 lety +17

      matrix49A
      Corporate welfare complex

    • @duaneelliott5194
      @duaneelliott5194 Před 6 lety +3

      Blame corporations and others, they take advantage of it, the truth is people allow these events to happen because it's easier to let someone else take responsibility.

    • @ieaatclams
      @ieaatclams Před 6 lety

      we he created it in the firstplace

    • @anthonyhazard4687
      @anthonyhazard4687 Před 6 lety +6

      Don't blame Corp when you knowingly elect crooks

    • @archieames1968
      @archieames1968 Před 6 lety +2

      Yeah, including the people who constantly quote him. He also warned about the scientific techo elite but nobody every talks about that.

  • @user-sy2uc5zz7u
    @user-sy2uc5zz7u Před 3 lety +39

    The thing is, the f-35 was never going to be inexpensive, I mean your trying to replace whole chunks of a fleet, and have more capabiliy than the previous fleet all with three very similar aircraft, it ain't easy.

    • @cobytang
      @cobytang Před 2 lety

      Yes. Pentagon people never heard of "jack of all trades, master of none". They don't need one plane to do all jobs, and they already learned this lesson with the F-111, trying to make the Navy and Air Force share one plane design, which failed spectacularly.

    • @user-sy2uc5zz7u
      @user-sy2uc5zz7u Před 2 lety

      @@cobytang never said it was impossible tho, the f-111 was a very effective platform in it's service with the US air force, it did fail spectacular when trying to meet the Navy's requirements

    • @fluxcapacitor1621
      @fluxcapacitor1621 Před 2 lety

      Useless functionality that won't help us win a war.

  • @averagejoe7860
    @averagejoe7860 Před rokem +5

    this video is brought to you by the fighter plane mafia

  • @Finnstreams
    @Finnstreams Před 7 lety +693

    Vox says that Trump is right what is this? lol

    • @vg666
      @vg666 Před 7 lety +283

      Vegetable unbiased reporting?

    • @hungthepro1234
      @hungthepro1234 Před 7 lety +9

      what are they trying to get is that of at the end. Of how this decision is too big to fail and when it is made to fail, Trump will only hurts himself

    • @leuvenfra
      @leuvenfra Před 7 lety +175

      Vegetable Further proof that Vox isn't as biased as conservatives like to pretend. It's easier claiming the media is rigged than to face the facts.

    • @onomatopoeia162003
      @onomatopoeia162003 Před 7 lety +15

      Eisenhower was right

    • @yulbahbo232
      @yulbahbo232 Před 7 lety +21

      From all the backlash they had been receiving on multiple topic for being biased they were well under way to go down like CNN. When this happens to a media organization they have to put their bias aside and try to regain their credibility in order to be able manipulate the facts in the future.

  • @hbarudi
    @hbarudi Před 5 lety +22

    That explains why the US federal budget deficit and military costs are becoming a significant problem. Government always has this problem when trying to invent something especially a next generation military aircraft.

  • @ungratefulninja4535
    @ungratefulninja4535 Před 4 lety +109

    "A nation that spends more on weapons than programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death."
    MLK

    • @Kirovets7011
      @Kirovets7011 Před 3 lety +3

      And that is the TRUTH!!!

    • @46-uzairali49
      @46-uzairali49 Před 3 lety

      You have spoken the Truth

    • @danielmocsny5066
      @danielmocsny5066 Před 3 lety +2

      The USA has the world's largest military by far, but even so the US government doesn't spend more money on weapons than on social programs. However, the USA is approaching "spiritual death" for other reasons, such as the fact that science is real and gods are imaginary.

    • @ungratefulninja4535
      @ungratefulninja4535 Před 3 lety

      @Nick Milligan how's that been turning out over here or there?

    • @BitcoinSucker
      @BitcoinSucker Před 3 lety

      That’s exactly where they plan to take you

  • @michaelatherton9871
    @michaelatherton9871 Před rokem +4

    This video is the result of people talking about things they have no idea about….