UK's F-35 variant switch wasted £100 million

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UK's F-35 variant switch wasted £100 million

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The UK's roughly 18-month dalliance with acquiring the C-model carrier variant of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter "was rushed and based upon incomplete and inaccurate policy development", and ultimately wasted £100 million ($157 million), according to a new report.

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Re: UK's F-35 variant switch wasted £100 million

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And that won't be the end of the waste !!
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Just a hundred million....... Chump change.....
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