U.S. State Department OKs possible $23 billion sale of F-35s to Japan

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Air Force pilot takes off in his Air Force F-35A aircraft from the 388th and 428th Fighter Wings to participate in a combat power exercise, after he formed up in an"elephant walk" exercise at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, U.S. January 6, 2020. REUTERS/George Frey

The Japanese request included 63 F-35A and 42 F-35B aircraft, 110 Pratt and Whitney RTX.N F135 engines, and related equipment, it said, and implementation of the proposed sale, including technical support and training, would take 25 years.

Can we afford to buy PPE now?

Mineuile in mex el trapiche is goinn to sabe us like 2 miillion s pesos...ese!!!!

Trapicheo

It's cool. Japan would never use planes to attack the United States of America.

Since we are headed to war (if we aren't already in one) with China, its probably a good idea.

Jeez what else are we selling or giving away

America is desperate to sale their shit overseas to fill the depleted coffins , this is a drop in the ocean of course

Is it really useful machine, while it can't handle China? Japan is going to build its own.

Japan know how dangerous to they are to the pilots and the people around the airfields? 2 trillion dollar catastrophe does not have a very good track record!

That's why US keeps inciting chaos around China and other places : to sell weapons , to serve the interests of warmongers . 700billion $ budget for military , more than the next 12 countries combined ; 6trillion $ in Afgan war ; And US gov blame the falling middle class on China?

Otherwise known as 1 plane.

I've got five bucks. I'll make it ten if you deliver to my backyard by Monday morning.

China won’t like this

Why do so many countries want these jets that can't fly in the rain lol

We need more war to justify more sales of weapons, Trump is trying to stop war and this is an egregious offense that cannot be tolerated.

that’s a nice discount

War is still a racket.

Beware china

So more stimulus coming then? Great, cuz that's how it should work.

Worlds largest arms dealers by a country mile. Land of the unfree while creating havoc.

China will kick!🤓

Junk aircraft. Just a way for Japan to pay protection money.

“The Japanese request included 63 F-35A and 42 F-35B aircraft,..” F-35Bs are interesting 🤔

People seem to not realize how nations are coordinating in groups one in collision course against another. The Bush administration coin the term Evil Axis and I bet it will be the name used in history to assign: Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and Pakistan. Just like pre-WW1.

This is how ally pays for American protection which Trump and his people still have a hard-time understanding a basic idea behind it. They buy American weaponry system, they share inlets and tech which creates jobs and improve security at home. ¯\\_ಠ_ಠ_/¯

Lemon, they should of gone with F-15EX

Not a good idea.

Japan could get a better deal from Russia. I would not trust fighter jets assembled in a country who’s citizens don’t know what gender they are and putting up a presidential candidate with dementia 😂 No thank you!

Stop arm sales. US is biggest terrorists group.

Giving a plane to japan... sounds risky, they might try to return it by flying it into one of our aircraft carriers.

Japan government does what the USA tells it. Japan is not an independent and a sovereign nation. How can it be sovereign country when 50,000 heavily armed USA troops are stationed in Japan? Japan JPN_PMO okinawa USAmbJapan japan The_Japan_News

GeromanAT Flying junk

Japan will fix it and make it work better while we the taxpayers paid the over inflated 'dealership' price and got nothing for it. Winning? ...I give up.

Japan is the best country on the world

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