So is the picture of the bombed out place Detroit or isn't it? Because if it is, there's no room for complaint.

In cases like this it is important for situational awareness for everyone so pilots can hear what everyone else is doing. For things like oceanic crossings, aircraft can use SELCAL which allows a radio operator to address someone specific (sort of like a phone call, those beeps you hear at the beginning of those awful…

This is what happens after too many trips to New York airports.

Do you think that a white clerk laying that sort of beatdown on a black robber wouldn't turn into a racial incident?

First, this is awesome.

Why must people foist morality on organizations like FIFA or the IOC? They aren't the UN (nearly as useless and even less entertaining), they're putting on sporting events.

Luckily all those who were offended have already forgotten it ever happened.

That doesn't jive with the illustrations in the article, or at least if it does, it puts designers on the hook for another huge structural redesign.

They're all technical objections when you get down to it, and using an existing platform is exactly why the problem exists.

You didn't bother reading the whole thing.

There is no way in hell that all you'd have to do is reinforce the door. And you'd have to design all of the equipment to get weapons in the front door since these things won't be on pallets.

It's worth noting that it appears that MOAB has never actually been used.

I did read it, I was just noticing that you had not.

No, even if you use the existing doors in a 747, which is highly questionable in my opinion, you will still need significant structural mods. I don't even think there's a way to load something like this.

I'm fine with a modern B-52, as long as it's a new bomber, not the new bomber, but that's not what this is. This is a half baked concept that sounds good to bureaucrats who don't appreciate the work it would actually take.

No it wouldn't be. You're talking significant structural changes.

We're going to need a new bomber anyway, and it will need to be capable enough to last a long time through all sorts of conflicts. Cutting it off by spending money somewhere else is dumb.

I don't know why there's this super weird obsession with rolling bombs out the back of airliners, but it's dumb. There are good reasons why it hasn't been done in the past and why it shouldn't be done now.

According to this report from "a Hyundai insider" who spoke to Australia's Go Auto earlier this month, the new Genesis Coupe could be literally that — a Genesis Coupe.

In the '90s there were two types of teams: those that almost had teal jerseys and those that actually had teal jerseys.