Bad News for Lockheed's F-35 Stealth Fighter: This Warplane Has "Serious Deficiencies" : Lockheed's got 35 problems, and the gun's just one Bloomberg is now saying that Pentagon director of combat testing Michael Gilmore recently warned Congress of "serious deficiencies" in the F-35 stealth fighter -- deficiencies over and above those related to the gun. Already over budget and overdue for deployment, Gilmore says the F-35 still has only limited ability to: drop bombs share data with other aircraft track hostile incoming missiles identify enemy radar and, in general, perform "effective combat operations against advanced enemy air defenses"

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