Funny, I just wrote a research paper about whether or not our funding being funneled into "Defense" (which also includes a separate budget for offense
) is being used efficiently. This paper was talked about in january and the first thing that came to my mind was the F-35 program, and i'm using it as a prime example of the horrible inefficiencies of the DOD. I found quite a few links that stated the wide reaching effects of this disaster of a program, unfortunately i already have written and submitted my paper, so i didn't get to use this source.
The F-35 Program nearly doubled in cost, we are now receiving less aircraft than originally planned, the full-rate production date has been set back 7 years to 2019, cost per aircraft doubled, aircraft are experiencing huge setbacks, manufacturing defects, haven't gotten through all of it's testing, ect. How can the pentagon be left to waste money on this program?!
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