A bit too expensive and complex. Still good, though.

Well, I thought that most people would recognize it, since it is widely known that the Death star sequence was inspired by / copied from the 633 Squadron, which itself copied the Dambusters (but with poor special effects).

A sovereign nation that is indiscriminately killing off its people. And US is not supporting ISIL in any way. Mo one is. Turkey and Gulf Arabs are supporting the islamist rebels, but the likes of Al-Nusra and ISIL have their outside support only from a handful of individual donations and smuggling everything from oil…

It’s actually hard to choose which is the best: Abrams, Challenger or Leopard 2? I’d call them as equal overall. And T-80U is not far behind, with all of its active protection.

Not mine, just a copy paste. I also recommend watching this:

The only thing that we cannot deny is the fact that:

Yeah, ok. Why don’t you show me those documents? I don’t disagree with the oil part, but all the stuff about US/NATO supporting the psychos like Al-Nusra are beyond ridiculous .Remember when US suspended all the support (lethal and non-lethal) for Syria after the supplies were continuously being seized by the Islamic…

Are you taking a piss or...? The Death star trench run was inspired/copied by/from the 1960s British war movie called 633 Squadron, which itself borrows heavily from a war classic called The Dambusters, from the 50s.

I trust in Foxtrot Alpha. It’s different from the rest of the Gawker media, even Jalopnik. Even though discussions here often turn into arguments, they are mostly civilized and well founded.

And what the hell is Russia doing!? They are doing the exact same thing as the Turkey and Gulf Arabs, except for the opposite side. US and NATO are not supporting the radicals, the aforementioned two are, and they are the real bad guys here, along with the Iran and Hezbollah. They are the ones who made the mess out of…

What the hell are you talking about? Who did even mention US on this thread?

Well, RAF did ispire a significant portion of the first Star Wars movie:

You’ve got some serious delusions. US is not supporting the Al-Nusra or ISIL, and Russians are not trying to achieve stability, they are trying to maintain/restore their fading influence in the region.

So what is the point of your comment? This was a comment directed towards the RT and Russian propaganda. I don’t approve the Iraq War, but that is not being discussed here, nor was it initiated by the current government. What you have done is nothing more than a good old “whataboutism”

The best option (and one proposed by many high-ranking officers) was to drastically reduce F-35 numbers, and only procure them for the RAF. RN would instead get Rafale or Rhino, with CATOBAR. CATOBAR was selected and then scrapped months later (in 2010) due to the costs, even though it would, in a long term, be a…

Check out this ridiculous blast from the past; Tyrell, 1997 British Grand Prix:

Carriers and Harriers were retired together. And the real savings were proposed in the change of the QE design - it was actually decided to built is as CATOBAR (initially costlier, but more capable and future-proof) with F-35C, with some suggesting to purchase Rafale or Super Hornet instead (which I would prefer) and…

MRA4 were to be ready for service in 2012. And it was a mightily stupid decision to scrap it just, not least because of the enormous amount of money spent into it. If you have poured millions into it, why throw it away if it was almost ready. Not they are left with no aircraft and a hole in the budget.And lets not…

No, they weren’t. Practically the entire military was against such decision. And canceling the F-35B would actually be the best long-term solution; which is something that almost happened. F-35C and CATOBAR was to be implemented on the QE, but then reversed. And buying foreign aircraft like Rafale or Super Hornet…