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New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019

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America’s $400 billion Joint Strike Fighter is slated to join fighter squadrons next year, but missing software renders its cannon useless.

Dave Majumdar

Published Dec. 31 2014 5:55AM EST

articles/2014/12/31/new-u-s-stealth-jet-can-t-fire-its-gun-until-2019/141230-majumdar-f35-jet-tease_snyibn — Reuters

Dave Majumdar

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