Meh.

...and I really do wish I didn’t feel this way...but I hope this is the temporary result. It’s a terrible precedent for amazon to support.

The problem with that is that there are a lot of innocent civillians who want nothing to do with ISIL who would be killed/severely endangered by carpet bombing of ISIL-held territory.

The MSM gives this all powerful, man of action view of Putin based on his propaganda. But if you zoom out, and look at the macro-strategic view, Putin is breaking Russia. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has guaranteed that Ukrainian speakers vote for Western leaning leaders for all time. The string of countries along…

With enough countries willing to go against ISIS, how about carpet bombing every other day? Enough consistency to make them run out of food, water and ammo.

I was just going to say... with all the Industrial Design grads entering the job market every year, one’d think the design would be better. This update is night and day better than the original.

holy crap...

They have recently redesigned the front of the car and are offering a hardtop/coupe version. They will also be offering a few different engine options (mounts?) including the 2.3L out of the Ecoboost Mustang, which could be quite interesting.

Layoff the whack-uh-doodle right winger radio shows. Interesting how conservatives seem to just love Putin but then tell us all how if we get healthcare we will all burn in commie hell...

Major kudos for all the sources, especially the texts of the agreements! It’s always great to delve into the actual language used for this kind of stuff.

It’s not that much pull required. If the engines were providing 90% of the thrust required, then the pull is only 10%. I won’t look it up, but say the plane weighed 50k and was flying with an 8:1 L/D; so about 6k of thrust required. 10% is only 600 pounds of pull. Had the Phantom engines totally failed, then that…

The mark on the runway isn’t from the f4, it’s a result of the pilot’s pants finally exploding.

It’s called cold start... It cost a lot and takes years to re-certify all the parts. The other issue is finding space and setting it up for the manufacturing since assembly lines have been repurposed. They may endup costing much more than they did before. It’s possible, but far from easy or economic. Let’s say they…

Also:

I agree with some of the comments in this thread.

Either way I think it’s likely we’ll be seeing the more beautiful F22’s flying the skies in our future and that’s a good thing.

My experience working at NGC tells me nothing gets thrown out, but maybe I’m wrong. I never saw it in person, but other engineers told me stories about the Indiana-Jones-esque warehouses of government property that was in perpetual storage because the government paid for it and we weren’t allowed to sell, reuse, or…

Agreed. I wrote what I did because I figure it would be even cheaper than Tyler’s suggestion of an improved F22 that you quoted. No doubt there are plenty of lessons learned that could be ironed out, but then all those changes have to get flight qualified and this and that and whatever else. Right now they have a…

We are a Pratt and Whitney supplier and have made many parts for the F119 engines inside of the F22. You have hit it spot on. Restarting the supply chain, while not impossible would easily take 5-10 years.

Sure some jobs will be lost, but there are new jobs created to support the new tech. From engineers who develop it, to technicians who maintain and troubleshoot, to factory workers who build it. It's not like this technology magically appears and maintains itself.