General Deschamps, there have been criticisms about the airplane and the test program from people who have no knowledge of test programs and what they're designed to do. Is it fair to say that a test program like we had with the F-18 is happening with the F-35? I'm talking about one designed to discover faults so that they can be corrected before the aircraft goes into production. Just because an airplane fails some test point in the test program doesn't mean the airplane won't ultimately do its job, does it?
On May 1st, 2012. See this statement in context.