More defrauding of the tax payer

We kick in billions for the Just So Failed development and Lockheed Martin gets to pawn it off in offset deals...

A Lockheed Martin spokesman told IHS Jane's on 25 September that the F-35 deal's offset commitment would include "technical documentation, design expertise, and development investments. Specifically, Lockheed Martin will provide several hundred man-years of engineering expertise to assist Korea in the KFX design and development."

"Lockheed Martin will also provide several hundred-thousand pages of fighter aircraft technical documentation derived from existing Lockheed Martin programmes," the spokesman added.

From Jakarta's perspective, the KFX deal is the latest example of close military industrial ties with a country that has become an important supplier of - and market for - military equipment.