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The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder · 29.5K views · 1.7K likes Short
Analysis Summary
Worth Noting
Positive elements
- The video highlights a significant statistic regarding the F-35's low mission-capability rate (under 40%) despite its high cost.
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Cautionary elements
- The use of speculative personal attacks (accusing a subject of being 'boozy') to invalidate their professional standing without evidence.
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Transcript
to talk about some of the legacy platforms that I've long been a critic of. I'll start with the F-35. They cost about $100 million a copy. What percentage of the F-35 are fully mission capable today? >> So, that's a great question, man, and I I appreciate you getting after it because not enough. Not enough. It is the most capable fighter that we have right now >> when it flies. >> When it flies, you're right. It is the most capable fighter. What we have right now and you saw last just last month in the acquisition speech is a department and [laughter] leadership that's >> Can we just check in the acquisition speech? Can we just check in with our measure as to whether someone's been drinking? That is the give him the Foster Brooks test back in the day. Foster Brooks probably America's most famous drunk guy. So let's just check acquisition. I don't know who you are. Are you Dean? >> Dean Martin? [laughter] >> Do you know? Do you know who I am? No, I don't. Would you mind asking around? >> Go back. I don't know. I just Let's go back to uh this guy with the acquisition and just see. >> I mean, come on, though. Like, it's like going to a comedy show. It's a two drink minimum to enter the department of warmth. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. You do what we have right now. And you saw last just last month in the acquisition speech is a department and leadership that's willing to get after it to challenge industry to produce better. >> Yeah. But what what percentage of them can fly? >> So not enough. Not enough. >> Yeah. But you just called it our most capable platform and less than 40% of them by by my last review of the Air Force's statements are fully mission capable. Why is it not failure for a platform to perform at less than 40% when it costs $100 million? >> So, Matt, looking at it holistically, sure, you can throw out the number 40%. >> Um, I mean, it's a good line of questioning and I I I can't help but think that Gates just like zeroed in on him and realized he was uh Now, to be fair, they this was uh they did this briefing at 1:30 a.m. on a Friday night. >> Oh, >> no. I'm joking. [laughter] Oh, >> no. I I understand.
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