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F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before crash

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278 points Michelangelo11 | 6 comments | 27 Aug 25 11:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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MaxPock ◴[27 Aug 25 12:00 UTC] No.45038469[source]▶
Who eats the loss under such circumstances?

Government or Lockheed Martin or are these 200 million dollar jets insured ?

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1. zrail ◴[27 Aug 25 12:08 UTC] No.45038547[source]▶
Ultimately the US taxpayers will eat the loss in either case. If the government tried to charge it back to Lockheed Martin they'd just raise the price on subsequent programs to compensate.

The government does insure weapons of war. Who would write the policy?

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2. bedane ◴[27 Aug 25 12:12 UTC] No.45038585[source]▶
is insurance for military equipment a thing? I had no idea.

If you have very deep pockets like a nation has, why not simply replace the lost hardware and never insure/pay premiums(which would be calculated to net a profit to the insurer)?

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3. varispeed ◴[27 Aug 25 12:14 UTC] No.45038609[source]▶
Usually wars, vis major are exceptions in insurance policies.
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4. analog31 ◴[27 Aug 25 13:29 UTC] No.45039402[source]▶
... as is farce majeur.
5. zrail ◴[27 Aug 25 17:56 UTC] No.45042824[source]▶
ugh I meant "does _not_" that's what I get for posting while eating breakfast.
6. zrail ◴[27 Aug 25 17:56 UTC] No.45042826[source]▶
late edit: "does _not_ insure weapons of war"