From my time in the Air Force, any nuclear capable bomber, had security close to it. Preventing such as this. Funny yes, but anywhere in the area of the aircraft would have been a no-lone zone. And if caught would have put the doer face down on the ramp. I once put an aircraft commander face down, for being in a…

Yes, but twice now, America has risen to the call and entered war, ending up the winner, both times. No, I am not talking about Iraq, but WWI, and WWII. It was our manufacturing strength, and men, that carried on to victory. Now that we do so little manufacturing at home, I am not sure we could do so. But the…

We have cut the F-22 program, mothballed squadrons of present frontline aircraft, tried to do away with the A-10s, and focused our entire future on the F-35. An expensive new toy. And so far it is failing to live up to its hype. Sure once the bugs are worked out, we will have a plane that fails to live up to its…

Depends on what you mean by advantage. In size, of course, in training, there too we stand out. Most of Russia's air force, is based on defending Russia, not offense. And while they have bombers capable of reaching America, really, you think they are mad enough to enter a shooting war with us? We both have enough…

This is why in other times, America oil producers were pumping oil out of the ground, cleaning the saltwater out of it, and pumping in back into a different salt dome. Because they knew it would be worth more later. And why companies like Exxon have had record profits for years. And now there is yet another player…

Once they have kept oil prices low, they will stop fracking. It will become more expensive to do, than buy and tanker oil to America. The Saudi's are still making billions off their sales, so a little less cash, is not going to hurt them. And this has happened before. The Arab world, now knows how to bring America…

Yep, when it was us and them with the "BOMB", we could expect sanity. Now there are some nine nations that possess such destructive weapons. And others trying hard to obtain them for themselves. And we feel the right to prevent such from happening. Yes some of the nations are fanatics but then what is their…

Just as the people of Ferguson acted upon lies and inaccurate information, so are many willing to blame, before the total investigation is complete. There, as here, I am waiting for the offical reports.

You echo my feelings completely. Russia is reacting to our attempts to push ourselves into their claimed sphere of this planet. Once we go back to just worrying about America, they will calm down. They just do not want to be seen as the wimp on the block. So they spend some of the EU oil money, in testing, and…

This activity is nothing new. Years ago, the Bear tested us, and we tested the Bear. I have been looking at pictures of the Russian SU-27, and to me, it resembles a F-14 Tomcat, except for the fixed wings. The center body of the aircraft, and the placement of the jet engines. I also know our tech guys think of…

This carrier was a non-nuclear powered vessel. It was built before the Enterprise, our first nuclear powered carrier, which has also been retired.

While this may seem like a step backwards, I am for it, if it removes the USA from depending upon the Russians for rockets to service the International Space Station. I used the full name, because I wanted to emphasize the international flavor of it. Now we are being held-up because of our stand against their…

It would take a lot to reflect a focused beam and still contain its power. Once it starts bouncing off surfaces it tends to lose its use. Only in the movies would such happen. We see all kinds of impossible actions there.

start with a standard flight envelope, and expand it, until it falls out of the sky, then back it off a bit, and there you go. I remember a T-38 -1 having the notation in the envelope page, to not even think about afterburner initiation in some areas of the envelope. That would be a warning that I would remember for…