Number 1 threat to national security: Our fiscal policy.

It hurt to write those words but the parallels are there

Maybe the saddest part of all of this is that the Navy named the F-35B's tailor-made ship the USS America. Then again, considering how seemingly mismanaged our country has become, this may actually be a fairy accurate title.

If you look really closely it seems to be there before the submarine arrives, although it does seem to shift to line up perfectly with the bow later.

"If there were ever the perfect use for the metaphor "killing an ant with a sledgehammer," the Pentagon's use of fast fighter jets and strategic bombers to fight guys with AK-47s and old Toyota pickup trucks would be it."

My grandfather, whom I never met, was a navigator in a B-17 during WWII. Last fall I had an opportunity to take a flight with some of my family. It was wonderful, but the best part was a gentleman who was almost the same age my grandfather would have been and was also a navigator on a bomber was also on the flight. We…

1:41 "Oh what the fuck!" off in the distance.

I Googled smørrebrod, and now I want smørrebrod. Damnit.

Aaaand now I'm hungry.

Secret Service loves them because they're in the PDW family, best characteristics of SMGs (light weight, high capacity, ambidextrous, and maneuverable) and rifles (with SS190 ammo, able to go through a CRISAT or Level IIIA vest at 200 yards).

I agree with this heavily, it is not an Obama or Bush thing it is an institutional issue. Expect a big post on this sometime in the future. This was a good place to start though. The costs of moving POTUS to a 3 stop in one day US campaign trip (not even a Presidential campaign but fundraisers even for other…

Very interesting article Tyler.

Comparing the F-35 concept with the V-22 is not a good rabbit hole to go down really. The F-35 puts the vast majority of our entire tactical fighter/strike capability in one basket, and that alone has its issues, on the details end things like the F-35's mission radius and low observability, on the bigger picture end…

What was the cost at desert one? That's the cost of not having an appropriate aircraft and crew available for a critical mission.

Russia yes, but as for China, hell no. That government plans decades in advance, and they truly despise the West. Just ask the Philipines, India, and Vietnam just how peaceful they really are. They've stolen quite a lot of our technology, it's just a matter of time before their engine technology catches up to us, and…

I think I am very fair to the F-35 and what it brings to the table. Those who work on the program are patriots and are doing their best, the leadership in the DoD Industry and Congress who were bought and sold this terrible concept under totally unworkable time tables and budgets are who is to blame.

He's SF, he's not leaving, he's coming on board.

It's not like I am either. I just understand basic high school physics. I guess this is America though...

Kilroy was here. Pass it on!