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WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has halted deliveries of Lockheed Martin's F-35 after finding an alloy used in magnets for pumps on the fighter jet were made in China. The F-35 programme office "temporarily paused the acceptance of new F-35 aircraft to ensure the F-35 programme's compliance" with defence regulations "pertaining to specialty metals", Defence Department spokesman Russell Goemaere said in an email. He said the pause will not interfere with operations of F-35s already delivered to the US military and partners abroad because "the magnet does not transmit information or harm the integrity of the aircraft and there are no...
