U.S. should consider F-35 fighter cuts, a study suggests
Published: Mon Jun 25th, 2007Source: www.canada.com
WASHINGTON -- The United States should consider slashing the number of Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 fighter aircraft it plans to buy, largely because it does not have the reach needed to fight well in Asia, a leading military research group said in a report Wednesday.The private Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments voiced fears the F-35, the Pentagon's costliest arms acquisition ever, might crowd out what it called needed investments in longer-range strike capabilities.
"China in particular has the strategic depth to locate key facilities beyond the reach of short-range systems," said the study titled U.S. Fighter Modernization Plans: Near-term Choices.
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