It still throws me every time I see the F-16 referred to as the Viper instead of the Falcon. Guess it's the same thing as calling an A-10 a Warthog instead of a Thunderbolt.

Well, that explains "Kim Jong Un is rumored to have 'taken the stick' while flying before,"

It seems like the F35 was crafted to be a jack of all trades so to speak. Given that the military has made mission specific planes become multi mission in their performance, I would think that CAS would have been given more consideration. But, obviously, I am no expert on the topic. I am rather simplistic about how I…

Does it matter if the tracks are broken? You still don't know where those trains are.

"Zil claims that this yet-to-be-named armored car has been commissioned by the Russian Army and will likely enter production soon."

I'm sorry, but that is just embarrassing.

I definitely didn't click on this article because the redhead in the header image piqued my interest.

Fixed! I found it on youtube.

Tyler, I have to disagree with you on this one.

Sometimes I *really* have to wonder about the things some folks on these boards say.

probably had a sonar contact at one point. remember though that Russia has a habit of letting their people die to hide their national incompetence. ie.. Kursk

When asked for his thoughts on the matter, Swedish Grand Admiral Sven Karlstadt Billybookcase added: "I agree. This is some bullshit right here."

GOD, SLOW DOWN. They have a design. They have a design that they think is really solid, but IIRC they're saying five years before a practical test and another five before anything resembling production.

I have a background in plasma physics, and I'm calling bullshit on the design shown in the article. An apparent pair of superconducting Helmholtz coils with neutral beams aimed at the coil focus, but no end confinement outside the Helmholtz coils? What's to keep the plasma from flowing out the ends, hitting the…

You know I was thinking that the first second I saw it. Interesting how this is coming from the Skunk Works, maybe seeding it with the biggest defense giant in the world somehow protects it from the fossil fuel mafia?

well at least this would be worth hundreds of millions per unit.

I used to go to Oshkosh with my family every year from around 1983. I remember vividly when the SR-71 appeared there for the first time. It is definitely one of the most impressive planes ever. When that thing goes into afterburner it is like a rocket. The sound level is indescribable. They did a bunch of fly bys but…

For those of us who lived through it the first time, it is not an era I ever thought we would return to. I remember arguments at "cocktail parties" in the 60s, at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, between a friend of the parents who had a Fallout Shelter and those neighbors who did not.

I think we've been training for this day. 1000 bottle caps says I'm right. Hehehe.

Things are a bit different though. Russia is nowhere near as powerful in resources or military wise compared to west as it was in its soviet days, and it is also very much tied to west. Especially to European Union with 500 billion dollar trade.