During a major Oval Office address on Friday, President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth introduced a new sixth-generation fighter jet costing $20 billion. In an unbelievable move, Trump named the jet after himself — the F47 — emphasizing his place in history as President of the United States.

“The F47 will be the most advanced, capable, and lethal aircraft ever built. We’re confident that it overpowers the capabilities of any nation,” he said before adding: “47 is a lovely number, isn’t it.”

  • Lettuce eat lettuce
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    717 days ago

    So it will be an overly expensive, bloated, but ultimately ineffective jet that will become known for its much higher rate of friendly fire incidents than any other jet in history.

    Also it will look ugly and have oddly small wings.

    • @pivot_root@lemmy.world
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      It also has remote access capabilities used exclusively by Putin, but people seem totally fine with that part because the jet was promised to only be used to hurt the right people.

    • Sixty
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      I think Boeing escaped the law in the end? So yeah. Your prediction looks accurate to me.

  • @bblkargonaut@lemmy.world
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    206 days ago

    Another distraction from things that actually matter. This will have no material impact on anyone’s life, but will dilute the news cycle.

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    • It only flies to Greenland.
    • Gold interior with marble gauges.
    • The flight computer rambles on about someone trying to get inside when no one is around.
    • @umbraroze@lemmy.world
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      • Seats smell very faintly of pee
      • On an unrelated note, the dashcam says “made in the USSR” for some reason
      • It’s not a bomber, technically, but it does bomb a lot
      • but don’t use that mode deliberately, because the ballistic system gets very confused sometimes and targets golf courses instead
      • …I can’t think of any more lame jokes, I’ve not had my morning covfefe
  • Oof, sucks to be the team of engineers who made this thing. Naming it 47 guarantees it will be the laughing stock of the military. I don’t care if its the most advanced jet in the world. With this target on its back it will get trash talked until the day they retire it.

  • @OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml
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    107 days ago

    The world news said it wasn’t for Trumps name I thought. They said it was for the year the Air Force started. An Air Force officer or someone high up got to choose and they chose the number. Trump just likes it because he’s a narcissist.

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    87 days ago

    With Boeing showing a gross lack of quality and poor engineering in every project recently, them building a trump-named fighter makes a twisted sort of sense. I suppose it will just limp to the target area and than explode itself, for some astronomical amount of money. As usual lately, Putin will be very pleased.

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    77 days ago

    I thought the era of fighter jets was ending with lasers making them obsolete. By the time this thing sees the light of day, it should be garbage, right?