'How Many Children Do You Think You've Killed?': U Texas Students Grill Visiting Lockheed Martin Exec About War Crimes

Never ask a woman her age, a man his salary, or a Lockheed Martin higher-up how many children they’ve killed over the course of their decades-spanning year career in the arms industry.

By Carly Tennes

Published 1 year ago in Ftw


Never ask a woman her age, a man his salary, or a Lockheed Martin higher-up how many children they’ve killed over the course of their decades-spanning year career in the arms industry.


A few students at the University of Texas at Dallas decided to put these long-held conventions to the test, grilling a Senior Fellow at the aerospace company about his products’ involvement in various global conflicts during a recent visit to their school, disguising their inquiries as those of prospective interns.



“Would I be working on a small little side project or would I be able to directly contribute to the murder of Palestinian children?” one student can be heard asking in a now-viral video, one uploaded by student organization SJPUTD last week.


Despite evoking a weirdly lax reply —  “good question,” the Lockheed higher-up appeared to reply — this student was far from alone in asking the tough questions.


“During the 18 years that you spent working on the F-22 jets and the years since that you worked on the F-35, if you were to give an estimate, how many children do you think you’ve killed?” inquired a second student.


Just as with the question before, the speaker seemed unphased by this question.


“I don’t even know how to answer that question,” he asked with a giggle. “Nor will I give it a shot.”


The only thing that can make Lockheed Martin fail to take a shot? A few college students armed with reasonable asks.

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