2013-11-29, 22:43 | Link #32002 |
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http://www.defenseone.com/management...itial-continue
http://gizmodo.com/inside-the-pentag...men-1325863089 My favorite quote: The political process that keeps the Joint Strike Fighter airborne has never stalled. The program was designed to spread money so far and so wide—at last count, among some 1,400 separate subcontractors, strategically dispersed among key congressional districts—that no matter how many cost overruns, blown deadlines, or serious design flaws, it would be immune to termination. It was, as bureaucrats say, “politically engineered.” Now the trick here is, I am sure China is frightened by the power of the new F-35, but by the time you get these guys in to mass numbers, you are looking at a bill for about a trillion dollars. On a plane that started in 2001....and would likely to pose a threat to China/Russia/AL Qudea by 2016-2019 (depend on how pessimistic you are) And main while, drone technology is getting better and better for a fraction of the cost.
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This makes me suspect the US is pushing it's allies very hard to buy this even before it rolls into operational service with big brother. Seriously, does NK have modern fighter jets to contest the skies? Case in point, for Singapore (my country) the next gen strike aircraft (awarded to the F-15SG) trials took place for years, rejecting the Eurofighter Typhoon for not having ground attack capabilities yet, before the award. And there was rumors that we were going to get the F-35 even before it was operational or even tested. This stinks of lobbying, thanks goodness we did not get it... (yet? or did not announce it ) |
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2013-11-30, 02:11 | Link #32005 |
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The F-35A seemed to be doing fine last I heard.
The F-35C needed a redesign on the arresting hook for carrier operations for some reason. The F-35B is having issues, but then it is the most complex of the three.
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2013-11-30, 04:21 | Link #32006 | |
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That settles it really, F-35 would be about as effective as the Space Shuttle; it would work, just no where as well as it was suppose to.
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Try reading this piece. It is eye opening... Lets just hope this piece of technology isn't outsourced to China for manufacturing. http://rt.com/news/us-air-force-coun...ectronics-879/ Oh wait, it is Among others, the use of counterfeit electronic parts has been proven on the Alenia C-27J Spartan medium-sized military transport aircraft, Boeing's P-8A Poseidon long-range surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, Lockheed Martin’s turboprop military transport aircraft C-130J Super Hercules and Sikorsky’s SH-60B Seahawk helicopter used by the US Navy. About 70 per cent of the fake electronic microchips were traced as being produced in China; the rest came from Canada and Great Britain. Edit: I love how they call it "counterfeit chips" as if China have ninjas sneaking into warehouses replacing legit chip packages with fake ones. Memo to you guys: If you have 1400 suppliers for ONE PLANE, then somebody, somewhere is going to be buying from Shenyang inc. Tighten your damn supply procurement chain; you are already sucking on taxpayer tit. No need to cut corners.
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2013-11-30, 15:13 | Link #32009 |
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The Marines are using F-35Bs for the most part. They have ordered a smaller number of F-35Cs for inter-service use on Navy carriers. But the majority of their F-35s will be the B model designed for use on assault ships like the new USS America.
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2013-11-30, 20:25 | Link #32010 |
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Looks like things are heating up in Thailand
Thailand protests: One killed by gunfire at clashes |
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2013-11-30, 23:09 | Link #32013 |
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Fast and Furious actor, Paul Walker, killed in car crash.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25173331
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2013-11-30, 23:10 | Link #32014 |
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http://globalnews.ca/news/1001023/ac...n-fiery-crash/
Talk about total irony. It's such a sad day for people who became fans of "The Fast and the Furious" series. edit: killer3000ad beat me to it. |
2013-12-01, 02:08 | Link #32018 |
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DAMN! Definitely did not see that coming, RIP Paul Walker, the Fast and Furious movies were a ton of fun, and I don't care how many people said he sucks, he sure had heart in his roles and that was what it's about.
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2013-12-01, 05:46 | Link #32020 | |
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But I'm definitely sure they'll dedicate Fast 7 to Walker. RIP. The Fast & Furious will never be the same w/o you.
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