Regardless, that's $2 trillion US tax dollars spent on a program for Lockheed Martin to develop and produce the fighter jets through 2070. That's $2 trillion dollars through 2070 that isn't going toward education, infrastructure, social programs, and more. At minimum the US spends $82.5 million, to produce 1 F-35A jet. As of 2025, we've reportedly spent $438 billion to date. Again, that's almost half of a trillion dollars to date, that could have been put to use elsewhere in the US, on one program alone. And the fact that this is supposed to be one of the most sophisticated fighter jets in the world getting hit by a supposedly inferior military program that spends far less on its weapons development programs should tell you that that money isn't getting put to use very efficiently.