The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter has failed
The saddest thing about all of this IMO is they have been working on this for 14 years, and how much money was spent&#x2F;wasted? Now, read about Skunkworks - they were able to build the SR71 (without supercomputers) in less than half that time and for a fraction of the cost.<p>This isn&#x27;t just planes, this seems to be everything nowadays. Fission was discovered in 1938&#x2F;1939 and we dropped two bombs on Japan in 1945. No chance we could do something like that in this toxic environment of today.<p>I know Peter Thiel is not popular here, but his conversations about technological progress seem to be spot on: we just cant build cool shit anymore. I really did want a flying car, and all I have is 140 characters and promises of AI that never come true.<p>Maybe, you could say there are some exceptions like CRISPR, but that is TBD.