Don’t Mess With The F-35 If You Know What’s Good For You -- ELP Defens(c)e Blog
To The Hill; don’t mess with the F-35 if you know whats good for you. That is the message from U.S. Secretary of Defense Gates. Since Gates has hung his hat on the F-35 with no plan-B, he doesn’t want to look bad. Even if his total fund of knowledge on air power issues could be written in large crayon on one piece of paper.
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