I am ‘banking’ on the F-35’s failure, hardly! What the hell does that even mean?

The offload for an F-35 on a mission where the F-16 (even with CFTs) has to top-off on the way in and get a splash on the way back will be zero.

Don’t worry, I guarantee there’s a defense contractor out there that’s spent $60 million and 8 years R&D time developing an identical product. It'll be battlefield ready in 2019 at $230,000 a pair.

Actually, if we limit the inquiry strictly to mass shooting events, they still happen in other countries at a comparable rate to the U.S. on a per capita basis—we’re just so much more populous that the raw numbers seem staggering by comparison.

I’m sure the dead appreciate the difference.

I guess this type of mass violence does happen in other countries.

Gun laws have little effect on gun violence in either direction. We’re just an incredibly violent society.

Firearms (guns) are ingrained in our history. Every major point in it has firearms attached to it. The Revolutionary War, Civil War, Western/Cowboy era, and other moments all had guns highlighted.

One of my hobbies is 3-gun.

(This isn’t me. I’m at an ametuer level and like “factory” and “practical” divisions)

Sport shooting is a hobby.

this ease of transport, logistics, etc, should strike fear into putin. He has nothing like this.

Basketballs. Like.

Realistically, what do we think Russia’s current capabilities against the B2 really are? It’s been around for a while now and I’d have to think that they have a decent idea of its radar return profile, both from actual combat engagements and from espionage data.

stuck behind this on the way to work yesterday

Yet your avatar is a chill pill, is that a reminder to yourself? I imagine you are from the enlightened north? I am from the south and I'm not offended by being called a savage, it just saddens me that your self righteousness is something you think so superior simply because of where you were birthed. I would much…

I was born in south Alabama. I lived in that state most of my life. So I am not just being a hater when I say this part of the episode reeked of staged stunt. For one south Alabama isn’t rocky, it’s sandy. For another, I know how south Alabamians really are. They don’t throw rocks. They throw bullets. I should know, I…

I believe we don’t send F22s to this, or Russian flight intercepts, so that our frenemies can’t figure out the abilities and/or weaknesses. Imagine if in order to test your new radar systems you only had to fly towards Alaska and wait for an F22 to meet you - and then fine tune and try new systems to get the best…

Chinese crew: HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN!!

Tyler, from my time on the EC-130Hs, If an aircraft veered too close to our bird while we’re in JAM, the EMI can overload and fry a lot of the delicate systems and avionics. It has happened a few times. Some even became a hard kill.

Yeah, your right. This type of shit didn't lead to the loss of life, internment of Americans, and theft (basically) of an EW plane the last time they got aggressive with intercept.