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F-35 program’s lifetime price tag tops $2 trillion, Pentagon wants jets to fly longer (breakingdefense.com)
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[–] drkt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

what do you mean it can't fly in rain?

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Something to do with being unable to make the fuel tanks inert. If you Google it there's quite a lot about it. I'm no expert so I can't tell you what that really means

[–] drkt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I did google it, that's why I was confused; https://www.defensenews.com/air/2024/04/02/f-35a-lightning-cleared-to-fly-in-lightning-for-first-time-in-4-years/

It's about lightning, not rain, and only affects the A variant which is, at least in the US' case, a bit over half of all variants.