I forgot that WW2 was so applicable to modern combat. I suppose in a modern conflict, our ability to churn out thousands of bombers, tanks, and Liberty ships after a year or two of gearing up for it will be more than sufficient to face immediate threats.....

...I'm not sure where ICBM intercepts came into that. I assume you're being facetious and that would be the point the ROI becomes worth it? Establishing air superiority over a modern battlefield is pretty much a requirement for ground action, and the mere fact that the F-22 can do that for us with impunity is where we…

Because if we only invest in it when we need it, we're too late.

If you read the article with the notion that this action in Syria was inevitable, (using F-22's or otherwise,) I think what you come away with is enthusiasm that the F-22 was employed successfully. I myself am excited that the F-22 program is mature enough to be trusted in combat operations.

Just a comparison....The F-14 first flew in 1970 and entered its first air to air engagement 11 years later in 1981, against Libya. While development cycles seem extended, I don't think they're much different than in the past, in reality. (Ignoring the nightmare that is current F-35 development)

No. It's basically the E-Type of the skies.

No, but if you want a huge ROI, start praying for a major war and a LOT of deaths.

I will look forward to watching the 928 fail in mechanically obscure and spectacular ways.

Amazing how you can take three different factions (Assad, rebels battling Assad, ISIS) and condense them into two, and then decide Obama is now tacitly supporting Assad by.....blowing shit up all over his country without his input or knowledge?

Best quote out of this?

There are not enough "Take my money!" memes in circulation to describe how much I and my friends want a new Ford Ranger.

Is that EST or PST or whatever time Oklahoma uses?

Went over a lot of heads right there.

You have to be crazy to think that the Porsche is going to be the most reliable...

Shouldn't this have been saved for April Fools next year? This is just absurd ramblings. A new platform 3 years after the current one debuts? I guess someone let their 12 year old kid near the 'publish' button

They did this one right.

I said exactly this to myself. "While I was forced to watch Duran Duran during the Miata reveal, I can rest easy knowing that's the worst launch I will have to endure for a long time." How foolish I was, not knowing that statement would fall within DAYS.

That was quite possibly the slowest handwork on a steering wheel I have ever seen. Can we get in-car audio to confirm it was indeed Eeyore trying to countersteer his way out of that slide?

Also, that GIF is the reason GIFs exist.

This is all of my childhood redneck dreams in one glorious moment