The GAO’s record is far from perfect. Really, they criticize just about every major Military Project. You think the world is going to come crashing down the way they spin it. I clearly remember when the F-16, M-1 Tank, and P&W F-100 Engines were in development. The GAO was far from kind! Yet, they all turned out to be widely successful Programs
The job of the GAO is to warn if a program is going out of control not to congratulate the DoD when a program runs fluently.
Ja it is almost criminal of the GAO to say that the USAF has a bad strategy when the USAF isnt the only party that plays a role
The GAO says that the DoD (not the USAF) has a bad strategy.
The GAO is concerned about the fact that the production will start before flight trials are finished.
but the EF flying a few weeks back with 3 fuel tanks and 4 bombs was heavier
correct.
BTW, why are they testing such a payload :confused:
With such a draggy load and only one tank, it’s not going to fly very far.
Or may be they just want to test the pylons.
I would like to ask again, my previous post with this question was unanswered:
Does any one know if Rafale’s nose is larger than that of M2K?
Seems like M2K can hold a larger dia radar. I think that is a step backwards for the Rafale. (Despite arguments like Rafale has more modern radar, etc.. )
But who cares. What ever the instability of typhoon is, it eventually can’t escape from the short range NEZ of a mica IR (let’s say, 5 to 10 nm to be nice). :diablo:
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