U.S. debates F-35 fighter jets: It's time to kill this trillion dollar relic

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http://rabble.ca/news/2013/02/us-debates-f-35-fighter-jets-its-time-kill-trillion-dollar-relic



The $243 million dollar Lockheed Martin POS

U.S. debates F-35 fighter jets: It's time to kill this trillion dollar relic
By Thom Hartmann
February 20, 2013

This is a story about political dysfunction in Washington.

Say hello to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.

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When you combine the price tag of the program with Government Accountability Office estimated operating and maintenance costs of the planes -- the total cost of the program reaches over $1 trillion.

And here's the really tragic and absurd part of this story. Thanks to the decade of delays, the technology in the F-35, once thought to be the best of the best, is now outdated.