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US F-16 Crashes into Yellow Sea Off South Korea, Yonhap Says (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] Munrock@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

"Made in the USA" is the new "Made in China"

[–] Aru@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 7 months ago

Made in china back in the day: extremely cheap breaks fast

Made in USA now: extremely expensive, breaks fast

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Even worse. At least the old made in China could be repaired. Thanks to new manufacturing methods, everything made today is soldered together.

At least if it's made in modern China it's soldered properly. Nobody in the States remembers how to do that. Hence the pilot pulls a bit too hard and unsticks the Screwless Steering Stick^TM^ and the whole thing goes into nose dive.

That's also the problem with the F-35. So much solder that when it goes into submarine mode it sinks too fast for it to fill up with air.