you comment shows just how little you understand what Ford is doing here or the history behind that nameplate. They arent Toyoyta who build an underperforming sports car out of the blue with no recent history. they brought the car back to life once, and within the decade it had become a collectors item this is the…

because the ammount of energy necessary to get an object to break earth orbit would be enormously cost ineffective rather than deorbiting it back into the planet

you really, REALLY arent paying attention are you. as this very article clearly states, the F-35 currently costs more than a Raptor, assuming the production lines had been kept open.

secondly, the internal bays. in AA mode the 35 carries two 120’s on the main pylons and two Sidewinders on sub pylons. if armed for…

sure looks it, but he has an extra pair of legs this time.

also, Godzilla adopting a more therapod stance is fucking awesome! its like a mashup of the 98 zilla and the new one thats better than both!

the proper response in that situation is to look at your dish, look hard, shrug and say fuck it and keep enjoying it.

strict adherence to a religious law that no longer makes anysense is just silly

my point is much more simple than that.

to boil it down, no matter how good your best is, eventually sheer numbers will take it out.

well, you were right on the fuel stores, however the rest is still hogwash.

the bays on the 35 A are only rated for a 3000 lb bomb a piece, so while they carry a bigger bomb they sacrifice that size for the ability to carry anything else there save a pair of self defense sidewinders. with a full bomb load the Raptor…

um, where on earth are you getting your information from becuase your performnace quotes are so backasswards it isnt even funny.

the raptor has MUCH longer legs, higher manuverability, and greater internal carry capacity than any of the variants of the F-35. the 35 beats the Raptor when you load the wings, but doing so…

why do people always assume that they’d have to bring the fight here or flat out delcare war on us. its the absolutle least likely scenario possible.

the more probable one is they start shit with one of the other nations in the area, all of which are close American allies save Vietnam and even they have come to us…

ok with the lights up..... it looks like it has a Hitler Stache

admittedly i was pulling a random number out of my ass just to illustrate the point.

which still stands, China can afford to eat the kinds of losses that we cant sustain. firstly because this war will be in their backyard, making us come to them and dramatically limiting our strike options. this makes it easier on…

because they think they have a cultural claim to the entire region, and want the US out of it to assert their own dominance. basically that same imperialistic bullshit every budding nation that can pull it off goes through.

and they have already started pushing towards it. its been mentioned several times on here but…

oh lord, a “self aware” non mainstream media hipster moron. i hoped you werent real but alas you are

they lack force projection overseas. this hasnt stopped them from militarizing an entire slew of man made islands all over the south china see. an area it doesnt need its carrier to cover any more because it has overlapping missile and out to sea airbases to operate from.

because we have dumped all of our chips into that one program, sacrificing across all services (save the army) in order to fund the 35.

which has nothing to do with it being barely flying dogshit

not a terrible idea in theory, in practice we just dont have the money to run multiple similar programs at the same time like we did in WWII

it may not have an equal in terms of one on one combat, but the German Tiger II also had no equal..... unless it got gang jumped by half a dozen Sherman tanks.

technical advancement can only cover your ass so far. eventually, you either run out of ammo or run into numbers that erase your advantage. and while a nation…

that was the original idea, however the 35 is such a dog that its just not feasible.

Robert Gates was a tragically short sighted clusterfuck of a Sec Def, and should be keel hauled for it along with the rest of these paid for civilian leaders.

the catch there is alot of that is based on Honda’s old reputation. their small cars are far from the last name in the business like they were years ago.

look no further than the 2012 civic redesign as proof of that