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With $1 trillion estimated budget and decades of development, the US military-industrial complex's favorite boondoggle, the F-35, is still not ready for combat and is beset with problems.
Well Lockheed-Martin better get their act together soon. Russia's about to bring into service its newest generation fighter, the MiG-35 - and its going to give the F-35 a run for its money.
Several foreign militaries were already interested in the plane at its debut presentation in Moscow. Meanwhile the Russian air force plans to purchase 30 immediately as soon as they come off the assembly line.
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