I disagree with Rep. Adam Smith on nuclear deterrence policy. But when it comes to the F-35 joint strike fighter jet program, the House Armed Services Committee chairman is dead on the money.

Speaking on Friday, Smith described the F-35 program as a “failure on a massive freaking scale.”

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