What is about these war machines that makes them so beautiful? Why do they just look so damned RIGHT?

Just goes to show hipsters did not invent irony.

Was it designed by Eric Stoltz?

So it begins, may the gods of Kobol help us. So say we all.

Something I heard back in high school: The antenna/mast/rigging of the nuclear-powered ships are gray, and the conventional ones are black. Here's why: The ships with conventional engines would soot up their antennae, and look shabby, so they just painted them black so it wouldn't show. The nuclear-powered ships…

I seriously think you are trolling with that comment. No one can be that ridiculous.

Nevermind that an Arleigh Burke could romp a set of 1920s dreadnoughts with its eyes closed. Or that we don't need 600 warships to fight ISIS. The only threatening entities are Russia and China, and our conflicts with each of those at the moment amount to mere sabre-rattling at this point. Which is not to say that we…

And your point is?? Our Navy probably faces fewer threats than it did in the 1920s! Last I checked we're still the only country with truly proper aircraft carriers. Why do we need a huge Navy when there is such a minimal threat? Our biggest potential threats are Russia and China. Russia we could likely handle with not…

The ships now are a lot more capable than the ones that existed in the 1920s... Get a grip.

And we no longer have coalers to refuel our dreadnoughts!!!! How will we ever defeat the Kaiser?????? I blame Obama.

Of course, it has nothing to do with the obsolescence of battleships, et al. Aren't we still spending virtually half or more of US tax intake on the military? And how does our current killer submarine fleet, attack helicopter and drone force stack up to the 1920's?

I see that Army has decided to follow the Air Force's boneheaded idea to retire the A10 with the Kiowa, and this bird looks to be too big for the role the Kiowa had

Deconfliction? Is that a euphemism for blowing enemies up before they can engage?

Hey Tyler, have you ever considered writing a piece on the RAH-66 Comanche? Seems like a fascinating program that you might have some cool insight into perhaps why (if at all) it was a bad idea, or maybe a good idea that should have been brought to production, etc.

I'd be surprised if they did, because the downdraft off the Osprey props is supposed to be vicious in the hover plus you'd practically dunk the exhaust end of the nacelles, which I imagine would be a Bad Thing.

Can we please stop pretending that somehow an intercept "gone wrong" could possibly start a shooting war between the West and Russia? Even if we're talking missiles fired and dead pilots, there is no rational basis for assuming that leads to a shooting war. Neither side has the stomach for it, same as during the Cold…

Say what you will, but that's a damn good looking plane.