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It's Official: F-35s Are Now Being Delivered Without Radars

19 points by SenHeng ago | 7 comments

kaizenite |next [-]

Although it seems like the Pentagon is making good of a bad situation by turning these into trainer aircraft, the radar-less versions aren't even that much cheaper than the combat-ready ones. Wtf are we doing here

https://www.aviationtoday.com/2026/05/07/air-force-plans-1-7...

qsxfthnkp2322 |next |previous [-]

Super smart move to outsource all that manufacturing and technology

__patchbit__ |next |previous [-]

Information integration ground installations have been wiped off the battlefield in the current gulf war. There is no center for the F-35 radars even if they are delivered as contracted without anomaly.

warumdarum |next |previous [-]

We fight for the helium shipments to pass through to taiwan for the radars we need for fighting to be made so we can fight the forces choking our supplies?

subscribed |root |parent [-]

I think there's missing "we started the fight with the helium shipments passing through" :)

warumdarum |root |parent [-]

Can a empire be into auto erotic asphyxiation?

spacedcowboy |previous [-]

"Just fly around over there somewhere"