PAP wastes our money again?

[eat_n_die]

Pentagon sees Singapore's decision about buying F-35s by summer

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - Singapore has shown "tremendous interest" in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter developed by Lockheed Martin Corp and will likely decide by this summer whether to buy the new warplane, the Pentagon's F-35 program chief said on Wednesday.

Air Force Lieutenant General Christopher Bogdan told a subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee that he expected Singapore to decide by this summer whether to join the multinational fighter plane program.

He said he was also cautiously optimistic that South Korea could decide to buy the radar-evading F-35 in its 60-fighter competition, with a decision expected there in June.

 

[eat_n_die]

I think the above-mentioned multinational figher plane program refers to The F-35 Lightning II Program (also known
as the Joint Strike Fighter Program).

It is the US Department of Defense's focal point for defining affordable next generation strike aircraft weapon systems for the Navy, Air Force, Marines, and our allies. The F-35 will bring cutting-edge technologies to the battlespace of the future.
The JSFs advanced airframe, autonomic logistics, avionics, propulsion systems, stealth, and firepower will ensure that the F-35 is the most affordable, lethal, supportable and survivable aircraft ever to be used by so many warfighters across the globe.

http://www.jsf.mil/

 

[laksaboy]

The defence budget is a sacred cow, it'll never be slashed, it's always there, and what better way to spend it than on expensive shiny toys manufactured by your geopolitical Big Brother?

 

[eat_n_die]

Learnt that the F15 going to be phase out?

 

[enterprise2]

Pentagon sees Singapore's decision about buying F-35s by summer

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - Singapore has shown "tremendous interest" in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter developed by Lockheed Martin Corp and will likely decide by this summer whether to buy the new warplane, the Pentagon's F-35 program chief said on Wednesday.

Air Force Lieutenant General Christopher Bogdan told a subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee that he expected Singapore to decide by this summer whether to join the multinational fighter plane program.

He said he was also cautiously optimistic that South Korea could decide to buy the radar-evading F-35 in its 60-fighter competition, with a decision expected there in June.

Part of US grand China containment program...along with the USS Freedom based here.

 

[eat_n_die]

...was it because China building more and larger aircraft carriers?

 

[kongsimi]

We should buy those fighters on behalf of the Chinese

And let them fight to their death.