The Producers tells the story of a theatrical producer and an accountant who want to produce a Broadway flop. They borrow outrageous amounts from investors, knowing that nobody ‘follows the money’ after a failure. Following this, they planned to abscond to Brazil as millionaires.
The plan went badly wrong when the show turned out to be a surprise hit. Despite a pro-nazi theme and a terrible cast, it succeeded. How did they get wrong so wrong? Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon would take no such risks …
It must be made to fail, mustn’t it? Here are the golden rules of making a fighter, they have been proven repeatedly over the last 90 years (with few exceptions):
- Fighters must be fast and agile
- Never plan any aircraft as ‘multi-role’
- You can’t make a fighter out of a bomber
- Never rely on one unproven technology as a lynchpin
Space limits me from listing the others…the F-35 has broken ALL of them.
Has the F-35 been schemed by a joker seeking to high-light the insanity of military procurement? Or maybe somewhere there are two men in Hawaiian shirts packing suitcases? Either way the F-35 is my favourite comedy.
Hush-kit is reminding the world of the beauty of flight.
follow my vapour trail on Twitter:Â @Hush_kit
Do you have an idea for a Hush-Kit article you would like to write? Contact: hushkiteditorial@gmail.com
Jack Luttrell is a US defence analyst, he used to work for a major defence contractor
[…] F-35 may get criticized for not being able to fly near an electrical storm but the ‘Gutless […]