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The AF looked at doing the blimp thing until they got the bill. In fact we were considering it precisely for WAMI and specifically ARGUS or Blue Devil. I'm not sure how excited the DOD is about the airship idea so the contractors are pushing them on DHS now.

The only thing that beats a plastic dealer plate frame is a broken plastic dealer plate frame. The tech overtightened the screw and it was cracked across the top, apparently they didn't want to spend another $0.25 at the claw machine at Chuck E Cheese so they just left it on there for me.

I worked on some of this when I was in AFRL... the real technical challenge is figuring out how to slow the laser beams down and adding color (red or green depending on which side you're on.)

This and the F-35 point to the larger problem of a fundamentally broken acquisition system. This is definitely not the only case where our national security is victim to this process. These poor budget decisions are just the visible reminders what a Charlie Foxtrot it has become.

Somebody got cut-off for the last time.

And kids, that is why you never drink and post.

*Shoot here to disable.

THIS is why Scotland will secede.

I expect the Chevy Volt dancers to come out at any moment!

Defender!?!? ahhhh to dream...

You've been looking forward to your high school reunion and seeing your old crush, the lean, athletic girl that always had a little attitude. She was always so intimidating.

I agree with you... I've been watching this market for some time. I think as the SUV merges with the crossover and they all go the way of blandness and sameness, the market for unapologetic utility will increase. The FJs are some of the first, I honestly think the Jeep Cherokee XJ will bottom out and start climbing

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I think you're probably right, which begs the question where it's going to sit on the luxury/utility scale. If it's on the luxury side they could be scalping sales from the Evoque/Range Rover lines. If it's more on the utility side, it's got to have some serious chops to justify that price over Wrangler Rubicons.

Dear Dillon Marketing Dept., stop using 80s and 90s rock n' roll. The M134 sounds awesome enough on its own. Sincerely, 'Murica

My guess is they are aiming to compete against the Wrangler. The concept was a 2-door. I bet the final version comes in 2 & 4 door variants. Jeep has been slowly pushing their vehicles more and more up market (leather and heated seats in the Wrangler???), they are going to be knocking Land Rover's door soon.

I had a similar experience with my wife years ago at a Honda dealer. She was pregnant at the time and we were testing a CRV as our first baby-mobile. Dealer only addressed me, to the point where he would answer her questions to me. During the test drive he actually pointed out the cup holders and said, "Women only

Not really a classic but if you do it right... Jeep Wrangler JK. These things have stupidly high resale value. Used 4 door Wranglers will sell for more than brand new Grand Cherokees.

"You have to jump in the water before you can learn to swim in it."

I spent a decade in the AF Research Lab working on Wide-Area starting back with the original Angel Fire (not mentioned in the article but the original WAMI system).