<story><title>The F-35’s Terrifying Bug List</title><url>http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/02/f-35s-terrifying-bug-list/125638</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>doodlebugging</author><text>This is the loudest fighter plane in our inventory. You can hear this thing coming at least a minute before it gets near you and for several minutes after depending on flight direction. I can tell from the sound which of our planes is passing near and this one, the first time I heard it, was clearly not one with which I was familiar. Beautiful plane but obviously a troubled build history.&lt;p&gt;With all the problems noted over the last few years I&amp;#x27;m surprised that anyone wants it. The F-22 has had its problems and production was cut at a very low number (I think I read that they wanted to shift gears and go with the F-35). The complexity of these two planes could make them more of a liability in a conflict.&lt;p&gt;It makes more sense to me (as a taxpayer) to spend the defense dollar on things that can be built quickly and for minimal initial cost so that many can be built to replace those lost to attrition in conflict. They should also be purpose-built for specific missions just as we built planes in WW2. We have the technology and we don&amp;#x27;t need a fleet of flying super-computers that can&amp;#x27;t fight their way out of the battlespace. Planes are great support tools for infantry and armored units who actually win the wars by taking and holding territory from the enemy. They won&amp;#x27;t win wars by themselves. Sorry &amp;#x27;bout that, Air Force.</text></comment>
<story><title>The F-35’s Terrifying Bug List</title><url>http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/02/f-35s-terrifying-bug-list/125638</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>noselasd</author><text>Report is here: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.dote.osd.mil&amp;#x2F;pub&amp;#x2F;reports&amp;#x2F;FY2015&amp;#x2F;pdf&amp;#x2F;dod&amp;#x2F;2015f35jsf.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.dote.osd.mil&amp;#x2F;pub&amp;#x2F;reports&amp;#x2F;FY2015&amp;#x2F;pdf&amp;#x2F;dod&amp;#x2F;2015f35js...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>