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Pentagon Prepares To Purchase More F-35 Stealth Fighter Planes That Fail Tests

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According to Business Insider, the F-35 stealth fighter is still struggling with a string of big problems even as the Pentagon talks about ramping up production. Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is America’s most expensive weapon. The F-35 program managed to cut the number of category 1 deficiencies down from 111 at the start of last year to 64 in May 2018 to just 13 as the aircraft headed into operational testing last fall.

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