When it comes to Nukes, a defense 25% of the time is always better than no defense at all……..Might not win the game, but all in all someone/something will be saved…

In war, no one ever deals in “definites”…….

Talking about the GBU-28 if i remember correctly they pulled old 8 inch cannon barrels out from a local DOD depot near me in PA…….quite frankly, as rushed and “screwed up” im sure the process was, they worked. And, I will say I was happy to see some old school yankee engineering come through in the end, it was and still is about time the guys on the ground have a say….

“Necessity is the mother of all Invention”

This may have been bad reporting, but did anyone notice the line where both representatives said “they made it clear to Czech and Polish officials that Obama’s policies on missile defense will be guided by U.S. national security interests, and not by “external threats.”

Ehhhh, aren’t our “national security interest” designed/guided by “external threats”, whether violent or economic ones?

Oh and Bipartisanship is nothing more than group think with no leaders, which quite frankly is what is causing all the problems in DC, but thats for another thread.

And honestly, if they are just talking about taking a stage off of the launcher…..how hard can it be? We do have some experience putting things, large and small, into space at all different heights, well I think we do. Not saying it is a simple solution and no problems will arise, but I don’t believe it’s as hard as everyone (politicans, news media etc etc) are making it out to be.

Just finished the latest edition of “Jugs” ..some interesting articles

Dam, dont tell me what this months copy is about, I didn’t receive mine yet :diablo:

(Al Bundy I presume….)

Silly question, but weren’t there ideas of the liftfan being replaced with some sorta generator sometime in the future to provide power for some sorta directed energy weapon or laser?

Compared to a USN carrier, how will the CVFs stack up when it comes to munitions and avfuel storage? Actually, how does the Cdg stack up also?

Im guessing its:

1-USN Nimitz and follow on
2-RN CVF
3-French Naval Cdg

But does anyone have raw numbers we can really compare? I mean if the Cdg has
7/10ths of the “Nimitz” capacity for 1/3 the price……well then we got ourselves a deal, in most Navies cases.

This is all that I am wondering.

Oh, and if anyone has any info on how EMALS is progressing, I’d love to read it, thanks.

I found the “Wessex”? 180′ turn interesting 🙂 and the jolly good attitude of the Brits intriguing 🙂

But what I found most interesting was the one Buck pilot, from what I gathered he was a RAF pilot and this was his first time landing on a carrier? Does that mean he had no prior training in a simpler training aircraft to get him used to flying the ball?

If that is true, some gutsy, gutsy flying, and even gutsier deck personnel. Hell, my hats off to the the RN for even allowing such a thing to happen.

Ok, honest question from a F-22 fanboy…Has anyone outside the DOD looked into dectecting a F-22 with IR or something of the sorts when the F-22 is supercrusing? JW, im sure there have been “studies”, I was wondering if there was anything more definitve than that.

And, as a side note, the range of the F-22 came up…Does anyone really have any idea? IM jw, i hear so many differnt numbers being plodded about its almost pointless to pay attention to any of them, unless they say the F-22 has a 900 mile range supercrusing….I think we could all agree thats BS, but then who knows…

I know this sounds simple and quite frankly stupid, but what in the hell is stopping the USAF let alone the DOD from opening up a competition to replace the F-22s sensors, with whatever crap (requirements) they want to go along with them? And honestly, there are enough computer software/engineers in America (outside the military-industrial complex, yes there is one, not that it is the entire problem) to solve the problem. Lets do what we Americans do, and get this shiat done, fixed, figured out and keep the goddam line moving. I for one am tired of all the political pantywaist in DC and the well we could, but it will be so haaaaaard. Oh shut up, get it done. I’ll get it done for ya, I only have a High School Diploma and a License from you (the Feds) saying I’m a aircraft mechanic, but what do I know?