Not likely. Russia, nor China, is going to risk an all-out nuclear war with the US, the same way that the US wouldn't risk it with either of those countries. If there were a serious regional conflict where the US would get involved with their affairs, over, say, Taiwan, it would be via conventional means, not…

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I actually saw a BTTF converted DeLorean on I-95 in Virginia on Sunday. I just about pissed my pants!

If you've got assets in place, sure, just fly an F/A-18 or F-16 in from a local base, and drop the ordnance that way. But, those aircraft can only drop a small number of bombs on target, so if you're bombing a large area, you either need a large fleet of them, all similarly equipped, plus refueling tankers to go with…

We do have Destroyers, Cruisers, and attack subs that are equipped with Tomahawks, but each Tomahawk fired costs upwards of $1m and carries a 1,000 pound warhead, whereas a JDAM kit costs $25k and can be affixed to a bomb carrying up to a 2,000 pound warhead. Further, it's much cheaper, safer, and lower risk to…

General welfare != Welfare. It also does not mean government takeover of medicine, food stamps, etc, etc, etc.

Do you have any idea what the sheer cost of building forward operating bases is? How about overflight permissions from potentially hostile countries?

Go read the Constitution, specifically the part where the federal government is charged with the common defense. Then, read the rest, and tell me where food stamps, Head Start, welfare, and universal healthcare is discussed. I'll wait.

Yes, they would. They're not stealth, but they're stealthy. Also, they, and all other bombers, save the B-2, are designed to go in after the Air Force and Navy have destroyed the majority of the other country's air defenses.

Nah, most of them were Jesus Diaz. That dude has a serious hard-on for pointing out any small issue with the current or future US fighter fleet.

In certain instances, yes, aircraft take off from CONUS sites to drop ordnance on targets in foreign countries. This is done most usually with the B-2, as they're the type of aircraft that you really don't want stationed near enemy territory. However, the entire US bomber fleet is equipped for midair refueling, so…

Having just done a couple weeks at Walter Reed for work, and hearing that they were going to start making their amputees 'walk' or roll from building 62, a half mile to the food court, up and down hills, it's unlikely. What we do to our combat wounded (or even those that are injured during training or peacetime) is a…

Dammit, nibbles.

It's a GD Saturn V rocket! 6.2m pounds. 363 feet tall. 8,873,000 pounds of thrust. Need I say more?

This is a good use of oranges. The best usage is to make oranjecello.

Actually, no, my girlfriend was.

You know, it's funny...when I was 17, I went to a Mitsubishi dealership, and told them that my parents wanted to buy me a car for high school graduation, and that I could get an Eclipse Spyder. They practically THREW the keys at me! They couldn't get me in the car fast enough! Fast forward five years, and I've got…

I had the same thing happen to me at a large Ford dealership in southern New Jersey, back in 2006. I'd graduated college in 2005, and had about a year of savings tucked away for a new Mustang GT. When I pulled up in my Mercury Sable, which was in very good condition, wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and my Lockheed Martin…

Were. All those carriers are decommissioned.

What does the Mustang have to do with this, and why is it surprising that the Mustang GT gets worse mileage? It's got a six-speed transmission, almost as much power, an additional 500 pounds, two extra seats, no cylinder deactivation, and no skip-shift. It also doesn't have an 'Eco' mode to put the car in. I will…