Given that the combat radius of the F-35b is 50% larger than the Harrier, I’d say it is a trade up.

I would frame it differently. The electronic mission equipment on this thing is a huge portion of the cost. More than the airframe design. You want a different airframe for each service, fine. You want separate programs? You’re nuts. The commonality in missions systems equipment is critical. But forget the mission…

Yeah. But LM is just responding to the realities of the political landscape. We have created a political system that rewards certain behavior (bring home the pork) and LM has learned the lesson. I could go into why I it is this way and what could be done about it, but that’s for another forum.

Um, did you read the article? There were some positive points made.

It isn’t just Comanche. The Army hasn’t had a successful major development program for 20 years. They keep starting just to cancel. Comanche, Crusader, FCS, GCV. They seem to have given up on completely new development and are just doing (major) overhauls of existing equipment. Striker was an existing chassis, PIM is…

Not only that, but the theoretical replacement, the Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C), which was part of the FCS development, was cancelled after that. Then the government threw up its hands and said fine, just make the Paladin better, so that seems to be what they are doing.

I know that dual mode (LASER and GPS) JDAMs are on deck if not already out there.

It’s purpose isn’t to kill people, it’s purpose is to make killing people easier...

And... Once you have your license, and get your first bike, and get a little time to get comfortable... Go take the Basic Rider Course 2 (BRC2) formerly the ERC. You go do most of the parking lot exercises you did in the first course, and a few you didn’t, but now you do them on your own bike and getting more…

I’m with you. I would also like to add that you’d have to be there on one of the 20 or so days out of the year when it isn’t raining.

Sure, but Linda is a nobody so who cares if she’s a hypocrite. Since Hillary is the one running for President, the only question that matters is whether the aligations are true. I believe that many of them are, including, but not limited to: Hillary, like her husband, is full of blind ambition and doesn’t care if she…

That’s the beauty of it... He can be both!

Maybe they could use this to force the city/county to upgrade its water infrastructure, maybe build some desalination plants. If the investment/fiscal management is as good as is represented there should be a way to get it done.

I never really did get his popularity. I think he hit home runs with Dr. Strangelove, and Full Metal Jacket. A Clockwork Orange was good. The rest range from bad to meh. 2001 would have been good except that it was probably an hour longer than it needed to be and most of that was just him trying to be clever. Reminds…

Are you sure they aren’t Southies? Check to see if they pronounce the letter R

Meh. They aren’t any worse overall than anyone else. It just depends on where you are.

So, WTF happened to the notification light and the menu button?

It’s you own damn fault. It’s sites like Jezebel that keep fawning over celebs lives outside work. Stop giving them stage when they get off track from what they are good at (acting, singing, sports, etc...).

I don’t think a lack of documentation for the stop is the issue here. I think that the video that is available is adequate. What we need is video in the jail of the events after she was arrested and you are not likely to get your own camera in there.

But at least they are not wasting manpower detaining violent felons at the request of other law enforcement agencies.