Race begins to recover $100m F-35 stealth technology from the bottom of South China Sea

[rangerrebew]

Race begins to recover $100m F-35 stealth technology from the bottom of South China Sea
Justin Vallejo
Tue, January 25, 2022, 7:43 PM·3 min read

The US Navy has begun “making arrangements” to recover the wreckage of an F-35C Lightning II jet fighter that slammed into an aircraft carrier during a failed landing, fell off the edge of the flight deck and plunged into the sea.

The combat fighter crashed while trying to land on the USS Carl Vinson on Monday, leaving the $100m jet and its stealth technology up for grabs on the bottom of the ocean floor.

A spokesman for the 7th Fleet, which is based in Japan, confirmed to The Independent that they had begun planning for the aircraft’s salvage from the South China Sea, which largely claimed by China as sovereign national territory.

The rapid response follows the United States assistance to the United Kingdom in recovering a downed F-35B from the Mediterranean Sea amid reports the Russians would “love to get their hands” on an F-35.

“The US Navy is making recovery operations arrangements for the F-35C aircraft involved in the mishap aboard USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea,” LT Nicholas Lingo said in a statement.

https://news.yahoo.com/race-begins-recover-100m-f-004343193.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall

[Kamaji]

How deep down is it?

[Wingnut]

I think I've seen this movie before!

The U.S. Navy has begun to make plans to recover the F-35C fighter jet that crashed Monday after striking the deck of an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea. The jet is the most advanced stealth fighter jet in the world and would have made an enticing target for China if it had attempted to recover it from the depths of the Pacific Ocean.

The crash of one of the most advanced fighter jets in the world into international waters had fueled speculation that the U.S. Navy might quickly launch a salvage operation to prevent other foreign powers, especially China, from trying to do the same.

Ganyard believes China probably has a general idea of where the jet entered the waters of the South China Sea, making its advanced stealth technology an enticing target for China to launch its own salvage operation.

While Monday's crash marked the Navy's first F-35C crash at sea, it will not be its first operation to salvage an F-35 aircraft.

Late last year, the U.S. Navy helped the British Royal Navy recover an F-35B fighter from the waters of the Mediterranean after it had crashed on takeoff from the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.

https://abc13.com/jet-crashes-on-aircraft-carrier-f-35c-crash-south-china-sea-us-navy-35/11510745/


China might claim salvage rights to crashed US F-35 stealth jet
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10443761/China-claim-salvage-rights-crashed-F-35-jet-say-environmental-hazard-Expert.html

[mystery-ak]

topics merged

[rustynail]

What a cluster..Starting look like they want China to have the plane
China might claim salvage rights to crashed
US F-35 stealth jet by calling it an 'environmental
hazard': US recovery vessels are two weeks
away from crash site in South China Sea
and could take four MONTHS to retrieve ithttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10443761/China-claim-salvage-rights-crashed-F-35-jet-say-environmental-hazard-Expert.html

[Wingnut]

What a cluster..
China might claim salvage rights to crashed
US F-35 stealth jet by calling it an 'environmental
hazard': US recovery vessels are two weeks
away from crash site in South China Sea
and could take four MONTHS to retrieve ithttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10443761/China-claim-salvage-rights-crashed-F-35-jet-say-environmental-hazard-Expert.html

The answer is Navy's deep sea Underwater demolition unit blowing it to shit after removing the avionics.

[Kamaji]

The answer is Navy's deep sea Underwater demolition unit blowing it to shit after removing the avionics.

[rangerrebew]

The answer is Navy's deep sea Underwater demolition unit blowing it to shit after removing the avionics.

 

[rustynail]

Sources aboard the USS Carl Vinson say the Navy's first F35 woman pilot was at the controls of the plane which went overboard

Navy Confirms Newly Emerged Video Shows F-35 Crash In South China Sea

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/navy-confirms-newly-emerged-video-shows-f-35-crash-south-china-sea