gonna be overpaying boeing for shit-tier aircraft as an incentive for them to stay out of the space business–so that muskrat can name his own ridiculously-high prices.
Well, for the “allies” that’s a good thing as it will take many more years to complete than scheduled, be massively more expensive than budgeted and be unreliable as hell. This gives said allies a proper chance to build an actual good jet. My money would be on a 6th gen Gripen.
Boeing. Fucking Boeing. I haven’t even looked at the public information about this latest round of procurement, but… Boeing?
Lockheed Martin is fucking pissed right about now. What happens if the arms manufactures stage a coup? We’d be proper fucked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot
The reason it was stopped is they chose a guy that was too honest. They wouldn’t make that mistake today.
Where Roosevelt?
In grave
gonna be overpaying boeing for shit-tier aircraft as an incentive for them to stay out of the space business–so that muskrat can name his own ridiculously-high prices.
Boeing can’t compete in the civilian business and is too big to fail : solution is to give them subsidies in the form of military contact.
Well, for the “allies” that’s a good thing as it will take many more years to complete than scheduled, be massively more expensive than budgeted and be unreliable as hell. This gives said allies a proper chance to build an actual good jet. My money would be on a 6th gen Gripen.