Summary

Lockheed Martin UK’s chief, Paul Livingston, defended the F-35 stealth jet program after Elon Musk called it obsolete due to advances in unmanned drones.

Livingston emphasized the F-35’s unmatched capabilities, including stealth, battlefield data-sharing, and cost-efficiency by replacing multiple aircraft types.

While Musk labeled the program overly expensive and poorly designed, Livingston argued drones alone can’t match the F-35’s capabilities or defend against threats like China’s J20 jets.

Despite criticism over cost and reliability, the F-35 remains integral to NATO defenses, with widespread adoption across 19 nations, including the UK.

  • EndlessApollo@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Calling someone racist is rich when your whole presence in this thread is vehemently defending the existence and adoption of the world’s most advanced* brown child killer

    Maybe you’re actually being anti racist bc you want the US to have worse planes to kill brown children with cx

    • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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      3 days ago

      “Maybe you’re actually being anti racist bc you want the US to have worse planes to kill brown children with cx”

      hmm 4d chess I like it lol