They keep comparing the two because the world is black and white:

This is why the Kilo, despite development issues (weight, gearbox, swash plate, schedule) was never placed near the chopping block even during a period of contracting growth in DoD budgets.

Darn temporal displacement...

“Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” — Dean Wormer

Where did you see the dry weight listed?

It was not posted. It was presented at a military supplier conference. The same kind of place they like to flash new tech to the world.

If I may extend your argument to a different domain, you would prefer unique control levers for dumping fuel out of each tank on the aircraft, to providing those controls as selectable graphics objects on a single large glass engine instrument LCD.

Slight correction: FMEA/FMECA is employed when the full failure rate of the component included in the analysis does not allow the system to meet the required probability of failure for the system. The FMEA limits the component’s failure rate to only those failure modes to which the component can significantly…

Those other propellants present risk — to Takata’s bottom line.

You can’t argue with talking points.

Google and Tesla are extraordinarily at marketing

“Coffee is for closers only.”

Not sure Uber drivers’ insurance covers strangers behind the wheel. Otherwise, definitely plausible.

It’s absolutely sadistic that they have hacked into your computer and reprogrammed it to display only articles that cause you so much pain, and prevent you from clicking away or not reading. Complaining will get you nothing from these b@stards, and will just turn you into a whiney (sic) @sshole, like them. You need to…

“Anecdotal evidence doesn’t count.

But this one’s yuge.

When I used to flight test Strategic Airlift vehicles, the word-of-mouth number was $25k/hr (that includes crew).

Still gotta pay a copilot and navigator (unless Eddie is rated).

Great band-mobile for Da Yoopers.

Speaking as one who knows six people that work in NJ (the real Wall Street today), asshole-ness does not cause the problems you mention. It’s the surgical removal or lack from birth of any trace of an ethical compass. They do not consider any other factors beyond return on borrowed or donated capital.