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Oooppsss! Japan "lost" an F-35 fighter...
Posted on 4/9/19 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 4/9/19 at 5:59 pm
Crashed or did the pilot steal it? No wreckage, no indication of a crash such as radio transmissions or a mayday.
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The Japanese F-35 fighter jet missing in the Pacific could be a major security headache for the U.S. if Russia or China locate the state-of-the-art fighter jet first, experts warn. Japanese defense officials say a search is underway for the fighter jet after it disappeared from radar during a flight exercise in northern Japan. The plane’s pilot is also missing.
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There is no price too high in this world for China and Russia to pay to get Japan's missing F-35, if they can. Big deal,” tweeted Tom Moore, a former senior professional staff member at the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The stealth fighter, which has been beset by cost overruns and delays, has a price tag of around $100 million each.
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Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:01 pm to jbgleason
Who won secon war war?
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:03 pm to jbgleason
Check the pilots cell phone location on Life 360.
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:06 pm to jbgleason
Why did Japan have one of "our" 100 million dollar stealth fighters?
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:08 pm to jbgleason
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a search is underway for the fighter jet after it disappeared from radar during a flight exercise in northern Japan. The plane’s pilot is also missing.
It would be far more interesting if the pilot's whereabouts were known but the plane was missing.
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:08 pm to Btrtigerfan
Good question.
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:08 pm to jbgleason
NoKo infiltrators again?
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:09 pm to Btrtigerfan
No shite, that thing is in a Chinese hangar right now stripped apart.
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:10 pm to Btrtigerfan
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Why did Japan have one of "our" 100 million dollar stealth fighters?
It's not all ours. It's the winning design of the Joint Strike Fighter program, a multinational group.
ETA - They're all bought through the Pentagon though.
This post was edited on 4/9/19 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:13 pm to Btrtigerfan
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Why did Japan have one of "our" 100 million dollar stealth fighters?
Because some components and structure are manufactured in Japan. They bought in. The price would be more astronomical if certain countries hadnt bought in.
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:13 pm to jbgleason
Someone call Harry Truman to sort this mess out
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:15 pm to soccerfüt
I read this just as how it was spelled.
I laughed after.
I’m going to hell
I laughed after.
I’m going to hell
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:30 pm to jbgleason
I sure wish i could just take a vehicle and randomly just make it disappear
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:31 pm to Btrtigerfan
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Why did Japan have one of "our" 100 million dollar stealth fighters?
our "customers" don't get the same version as we have, plus, there are, according to a friend who is an engineer on the F-35, umm hmm, certain software stop gap measures to prevent things like this from occurring
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:33 pm to jbgleason
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:46 pm to 777Tiger
Yeah...if a pilot went radio silent and tried to cross into unapproved airspace, measures would be taken to remedy the situation.
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:50 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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..if a pilot went radio silent and tried to cross into unapproved airspace, measures would be taken to remedy the situation.
what is hilarious to me is we had few Raptors a few years ago, when they were becoming operational, headed for Japan , and as they crossed the IDL it fricked up all of their data bases and they lost all of their computer capabilities, they had to tuck in behind the tanker and follow them back home
HTF does that get overlooked?? This post was edited on 4/9/19 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 4/9/19 at 6:55 pm to 777Tiger
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certain software stop gap measures to prevent things like this from occurring
That's reassuring. Thanks.
Posted on 4/9/19 at 7:05 pm to jbgleason
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The stealth fighterquote:.
it disappeared from radar
Posted on 4/9/19 at 7:14 pm to jbgleason
Considering modern technology, tracking, satellites, all we don't know about....
how in the hell does one lose a $100,000 fighter jet?
how in the hell does one lose a $100,000 fighter jet?
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