Comment on US authorities ask locals for help in finding missing F-35 jet — Authorities say they are searching for the $80m jet around two lakes in the state of South Carolina

galil3o@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• extant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Because they spent $80 million dollars to make it untraceable so it wouldn’t get shot down.

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• billiam0202@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If your plane crashes over unfriendly territory, you don’t want to make it easier for them to get their hands on it.

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  • Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Exactly

    If you have a beacon? Even an insanely directional connection to a GPS satelite is still going to bounce off clouds and the like.

    And a beacon that triggers the moment it crashes? The expected crash location is not The Hardy Boyz Compound. It is Iraq or Russia or China. Every minute we can buy to “dispose of” any of the juicy bits matters.

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• Ace0fBlades@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • jsh@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Or just really good marketing.

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• thecrotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Better question is why is 1/3rd of my paycheck being stolen every week so we can build, and lose, fleets of $80 million planes

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