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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Why is US spending so much on F-35?

F-35C Lightning IIDespite incessant technical problems and delays, the US military has no plans to cancel the new F-35 fighter jet, the costliest weapons programme in Pentagon history.

The Joint Strike Fighter has been touted as a technological wonder that will dominate the skies but it has suffered one setback after another, putting the project seven years behind schedule and $167 billion over budget.

As the Pentagon prepares to unveil its proposed budget for 2015, the programme’s survival is not in doubt but it remains unclear how many planes will be built in the end and how many foreign partners will be willing to buy it.

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