The F-35 has the new enemy: quality issues.

Garbage in, garbage out.

The MoD opted for the short take-off and vertical landing-capable F-35B, due to a lack of arresting wires – which catch jets as they land – on the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.

However, this capability also makes the F-35B the most expensive version of the plane and gives it a more limited maximum range and payload than others.

Couldn’t they have just attached these arresting wires? Or maybe the Elizabeth class carriers aren’t long enough?

Either way, this article is really full of some wild statements. Like this

“Beyond that, I don’t see much fiscal room for additional orders in the foreseeable future and, in any case, if there was additional money … I would put it into weapons and maintenance and spares, to improve the combat capability and availability.”