Navy warns it is short on funding.

It's one of those things where you realize your too deep in shit to back out now. Just have to push through......Kinda like sobering up half way through banging an ugly chick, you're too far to go back now, might as well finish up and walk home in shame.

"Between modernization and maintenance of the current fleet of all the aircraft, procurement of new and replacement aircraft (F-35, new tanker, new CSAR helo, T-38 replacement, etc...), training costs, research, development, test & eval, military construction, personnel costs (payroll, health care, moving allowances &…

So your point was that we no longer have the budget to pursue both high and low intensity capabilities. I disagree.

True, it is vulnerable to MANPADS but that hardly destroys its usefulness. It is well armored and is designed to last. But I'll give you that. There are, however, many advantages it possesses over typical fast fighter jets.

I disagree. The AF wants to shut it down because they are anticipating (or hoping for) a sexy war with Russia/China. But realistically, in a more likely future war in Iran/Syria/Iraq/Afghanistan, the A-10 will be an extremely cheap useful option. And contrary to what some are saying in the comments, its slow speed is…

Actually all US Navy major surface combatants (OHP FFGs, Burke DDGs & Tico CGs) run on jet engine derivatives, those being based on the CF6 core (GE2500 series), as used on some 747s, DC-10s, 767s.

Wow, I feel exactly contrary to you about infinity—I find nothingness existentially terrifying.

Japan has had this problem for a long time...Women enter the work force after college, and are only expected to work for a limited number of years before they are "supposed" to get married, leave work, and have children. From my understanding, Japan has never gone through a women's liberation movement like the US did,…

Infinity? It's the sides to a circle.