Wow, so many glaring factual errors. Ever heard of Wikipedia, buddy?

A couple reactions: 1) The short takeoff option seems to be only used with aircraft with the absolute minimum weight, and even then the planes seem to be flying barely above stall speed. I’d wager they’re taking off with less than full internal tanks. The one time a plane took off with missiles (no drop tanks), it had…

It’s a union job.

My childhood friend who is in the Air Force did aircraft security for a while, hopping out of cargo planes to provide security while they unloaded in the boonies. It was troubling when I realized that the Air Force cared more about the plane he was guarding than about him.

Or its predecessor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absalon-c…

The US Navy should just license-build this ship (by all accounts, the Danes got it right with this one):

Either they’re practicing underway replenishment, or this ship ran into a cobweb (I hate that!)

I call bullshit on the lasers, ‘cuz, you know, clouds.
If you’re going to have a discussion about the future of air combat, “Trends in Air-to-Air Combat” by John Stillion is a must-read.

Interestingly, a Frogfoot wandered into Israeli airspace and *wasn’t* shot down.

Looks like the B-1 had a pretty good line until 1:30 when the tanker starting turning harder to the left. Screwed up the B-1’s approach.

What’s this guy doing? He’s leaning forward, like he’s actually trying to do work! Somebody get him!

Newsflash: The US is not going to war with China over Taiwan or the natural gas deposits in the South China Sea. Just not going to happen. Heck, the Chinese could cripple our economy by simply dumping their share of our foreign debt. So what’s the point of having carriers around?

What will be really interesting is the US reaction when the Chinese start constructing offshore drilling platforms in the South China sea.

Aside from the absurdity of a shooting war over the Senkakus, Japan doesn’t need an aircraft carrier for fighters to reach them. They’re well within range of Naha on Okinawa. Ishigaki is even closer.

Also, if the Japanese wanted to fly F-35Bs off the carrier, the bow flight deck would have been designed differently. I…

Perhaps the Moskva’s radars were used to target or track today’s cruise missile strikes from the Caspian?

Appears to be a KAB-500: https://www.rt.com/news/317662-ru…