Elon Musk, the man who tweets with the confidence of someone who knows he’ll still make billions even if he starts a Twitter war, has done it again. This time, he set his sights on the F-35 fighter jet, describing its design in just ten words that were as cutting as a SpaceX rocket slicing through the atmosphere.
“Terrible design for modern warfare, easily outmatched by future drones,” Musk declared, leaving no room for subtlety or, apparently, diplomacy. It seems the F-35, touted as the crown jewel of manned military aviation, didn’t make it past Musk’s version of a Shark Tank pitch.
Of course, Musk being Musk, he didn’t stop at just criticism. Like a Silicon Valley prophet, he took the opportunity to preach the gospel of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). According to Musk, the future isn’t in flashy, overpriced jets piloted by humans. No, it’s in drones—automated, efficient, and probably capable of quoting his tweets back to him mid-mission.
