Lockheed Martin faces “wake up” a violent reaction of more than $ 2 trillion from the F-35 program
⚈ Lockheed Martin faces a violent reaction to the failure of the F-35 program worth $ 2 trillion.
⚈ Elon Musk criticized expensive planes, describing drones a better investment.
⚈ Despite the controversy, the LMT share increased by 6.7 % in the last 30 days.
The American military industrial complex is a controversial topic for many reasons, not generally strange to criticism. However, in April, it was under another form of attack: accusing him of “waking up.”
Specifically, investigative journalist Laura Lummer, who is often described as a maximum right-wing, moved to X to accuse Lockhered Martin-one of the largest players in the war industry-to pay the “wake” agenda while defrauding American taxpayers.
Calculate LongingThe FGHER Jet’s P-35 is not amplified only at an amazing cost of $ 2 trillion, but also failed to provide satisfactory products.
For example, Lo example claims that Lockheed Martin regularly charge fighters without radar and that the planes are decomposing quickly and rusting in the sea while serving with carrier air groups (CAGS).
Journalist and activist blame “Wokeness” and “Diversity, Equity and Integration” (Dei) and “Trump” about the alleged situation of the alleged program, while thinking about what it believes is reconciled with its connection between the United States.
Elon Musk joins Lockheed Martin Dogpile
Interestingly, Lockheed Martin and the F-35 program were under the increasing scrutiny in recent weeks, with the head of the Ministry of Governmental efficiency (DOGE), the President “Twit”, and CEO of Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA), Elon Musk, Opinions It is, effectively, a waste of money.
Specifically, US billionaires in South Africa believe that expensive combat aircraft can be easily destroyed by drones much cheaper, if they are used as a force like China.
Done aircraft has become a dominant novel in modern war in recent years. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, in particular, brought them to their general attention, as they forced both sides to install the so -called “cages” on the tanks.
“COPE cages” is an improvised metal diving, usually covers the tower, which many believe is aimed at “bombing” suicide drone before reaching the target. They initially mocked while they were employed primarily by the Russians, but since then was seen on the Ukrainian and even Israeli tanks.
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Elsewhere, the issue of expensive equipment that was destroyed by relatively cheap weapons has been for decades, apparently little progress.
Multiple war games show that Chinese or Russian missiles – or Swedish electric submarines Highly magnetic tankers can easily be destroyed.
Lockheed Martin shares despite criticism
Interestingly, the controversy did not prevent Lockheed Martin’s arrow from performing well. In the last 30 days, the LMT shares increased by 6.72 %, and the last week of trading included a great positive momentum with a 3.10 % gathering.
Although Lockheed Martin is, at the price of the journalism time of $ 476.74, a decrease of 1.89 % in 2025, it decisively outperformed the broader market. On the contrary, the S& P 500 normative index decreased by 5.85 % on an annual basis (YTD), and Dow Jones Industrial External (DJIA) decreased by 4.77 % in the same time frame.
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