F-35: Why Elon Musk is no fan of the stealth fighter jet
Donald Trump wants to sell advanced F-35 fighter jets to India, his close associate Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is no fan of the stealth jets. Trump announced plans to sell F-35 fighter jets to India when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was visiting the White House on Thursday.
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Speaking at a joint press conference, Trump praised India as a key strategic partner and highlighted the growing cooperation between the nations. “Starting this year, we'll be increasing military sales to India by many billions of dollars. We're also paving the way to ultimately provide India with the F-35 stealth fighters,” he said.
If the F-35 stealth fighter deal goes through, India will join an exclusive group of countries including NATO allies, Israel, and Japan — that operate this cutting-edge aircraft.
Why Musk is not impressed by F-35 fighter jet
Musk, recently tasked by Trump to propose ways to cut federal spending, turned his focus to military aviation, criticising manned fighter jets like the F-35 a few months ago. According to Musk, the rise of drones makes such aircraft costly, risky, and redundant. «Manned fighter jets are obsolete in the age of drones anyway. Will just get pilots killed,» Musk wrote on X in November last year, calling for a shift towards unmanned technologies in modern warfare.
Musk’s sharpest criticisms were directed at the F-35, Lockheed
