Just remember how high altitude carpet bombing works for Russia in Afghanistan, yes?

Ahem. One of the benefits of being > 63 is that YOU CAN GET INTO NATIONAL PARKS FREE ALL THE TIME. So, get off of my lawn you bastard kids.

Thank you for yet another reason why I live and drive in Southern California.

With Apple, it’s their way or the highway. Institutional arrogance on the part of the Board of Directors.

So, who gets stuck flying around with the telephone exchange clipped to an underwing mount? Is that aircraft exempt from strike packages since that might damage the communications pod?

“Oh my word, that Porsche took off like a rocket,” cause it is.

For those of you who weren’t around then, it was called the “Space Race,” which was part of the “Cold War.” The Russians, suffering from an institutional sense of inferiority, would do anything to beat the United States, cut every corner in the book to get Cosmonauts into orbit, to achieve milestones before the West.

As Phineas T. Barnum said, there is no such thing as bad publicity.

The people are available, in Palmdale, Burbank, Huntsville and Kansas City. Probably once the program was cancelled, the tooling was ordered to be destroyed. That’s the way they do it in Big Defense.

What is the threat? And as “sexy” as an advanced technology air superiority manned fighter is, what exactly is its real role? What other country has anything remotely as capable as an F-22? Seriously, in squadron level deployment, not a technology demonstrator or hanger queen.

Somebody explain to me how this Gnome came to “own” Foumula 1?

Hey Kids, in order to understand Starship Troopers, you have to contextually understand Robert Heinlein’s writing. He got very preachy because, well he was in a Libertarian bent. Read Time Enough for Love or Stranger in a Strange Land if you want to see preachy.

The “Inventors” no doubt spent the rest of the War counting trees for the Czar.

Failure because German High Command (der Fuhrer) insisted deploying it as a ground attack aircraft instead of the anti Bomber role it was designed for.

The M247 Sergeant York. Could not hit what it was aimed at, insufficient range to hit what is was aimed at and the transplanted F-16 radar has severe target discrimination issues.

Because, they don’t know how to maintain systems. That’s the difference between the two forces. Look at Google Earth’s images of the Kola Peninsula and see how many of the SSR’s naval vessels are rust streaked. Submarines are particularly bad.

Have any of you ever even been there to experience the desolation that is Central Nevada in person? $5.2 million is an incredibly generous offer, considering what the real estate actually represents.

Heh, heh. I ripped out the lawn and replanted with drought tolerant species and added below grade drip irrigation.

Considering my first call, a ‘71 Beetle, cost $1995?