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The u.s. military at war for almost 16 years. now a state-of-the-art warplane could help u.s. forces decisively win the east and future conflicts. >> we've got over 70,000 flight hours on the f-35 right now. the f-35 is here and here to stay. the world is a very dangerous place and that's why we need an airplane like this. >> jon: the f-35 does not come cheap. the pentagon recently announced it will spend $8.5 billion for the engines of these stealth jets i can take on competitors in the air as well as targets on the ground. >> it has been criticized for the expense. >> jon: is that worth it? ...

Jon: there have been concerns, this is one of those stealth jets. it has stealth covering coating on the skin of the plane. there were concerns that some say pores or offshoot from that stealth covering might have been causing the problem. that's not it? >> i don't think that's it. that may have some impact with the crew chiefs and that, but i don't believe, believe and talking to people that the stealth covering was causing the high poxsy yaw. jon: right. >> i think the oxygen flow is causing the hypoxia. jon: it was crews on the ground were getting dizzy and light-headed from working around ...

Very complex issue but that even goes back to before stealth jets. so i think the jury is still out on the impact on the ground crews. jon: i mean for a while the air force restricted them, you know, they let them go back into the air, this very expensive $143 million a copy plane. but they put limit tastes how high it could fly. it had to stay within a certain distance of base. i suppose if they were planning on using it in combat they would lift those restrictions but at the same time it is not very useful to have a fighter plane that is height limited. >> they will live the restrictions. ke...

You can see as part of this article, they are saying let this be noticed by the u.s. and south korea, we will be watching your future attitude. so it's almost a warning that if these military drills continue, then there could be problems. it's no secret that north korea does not like these military drills. it happened last year. as you say, they were missile launches afterwards, and we're being told by the u.s. air force that it effectively is the same scale and scope. we know there are f-16 fighter jets involved. we know there are these stealth jets involved as well which north korea would no...

These military drills continue, then there could be problems. it's no secret that north korea does not like these military drills. it happened last year. as you say, they were missile launch aftes afterwards, and we being told by the u.s. air force that it effectively is the same scale and scope. we know there are f-16 fighter jets involved. we know there are these stealth jets involved as well which north korea would not want to have flying over the korean peninsula. but as you say, they knew this was going to happen. this is annual. the u.s. says it's defensive. so clearly there is something...