I'm actually laughing in my office with your inclusion of Honda in that list. Honda is among the worst, with laughable weighting, imprecise controls, and zero feedback.

The only drive-by-wire systems that have existed in cars, thus far, have been throttle controls.

As was said in the article, a mechanical shaft engages that connects the wheel to the rack.

Yes, and I've seen it happen. DSS or another accrediting authority will come in, freeze all computing systems for some period of time, investigate the situation, assess what additional controls (technical and documentation) are required, monitor the implementation, test the implementation, and finally unfreeze the…

There's a reason bombs are shaped a certain way, and have been for a hundred years - aerodynamics.

That the commenters around are just as uninformed as the bloggers.

And the commentariat is made up of tin foil wearing numbskulls.

Debate class - I think you missed it.

You're probably right. This guy can't see past his own disregard for facts and reality. I'm done.

I think the argument has been made by me, as well as dozens of other commenters that actually have a clue what they're talking about. Your articles, as well as Jesus', are constantly full of incorrect 'facts', statistics, and speculation. You don't understand the technology, yet post opinions as fact. I should…

Exactly. The V-22 had a lot of issues during its development, and the military did a lot of things to cover up issues, leading to more accidents and a bad reputation. Hell, the presidential airlift squadron has one, but because of its reputation among people that don't know anything about aircraft, he's not allowed…

Yep! In the case of a communications disruption, the aircraft would be set to fly a pre-determined 'fly-home' pattern, but that leaves it very vulnerable to enemy aircraft and ground-based defenses.

Did you say it explicitly? No. You did make both of these claims, which would lead an uniformed reader to make the assertion that the YF-23 was somehow a better design, with fewer developmental issues, and would have been a more capable combat platform.

Because Gawker bloggers have little patience for real journalism, they're just in it for the page clicks. I wonder if they get bonuses based on the number of irate commenters that refute their wacky, unfounded claims...

No, it's not. Your assertion that one design is, or would be, less defect-ridden than the other is absurd. In addition, you guys like to pick and choose which military and government projects you rag on, and that's all it is, ragging, based on what you think is 'cool'.

And SIPR rides over a very complex and heavily encrypted communications infrastructure. Don't think that it is easy for anyone to just break that encryption.

That's a good one! I'll have to tell my wife that, the next time we're flying!

It's great! I just wish you'd do some proper research before calling things defect-ridden and finally understand the ridiculous requirements of both military procurement, as well as systems development. Something like the F-22 is NOT easy to develop. If it was, every country would have one. The technology it…

Then the contractors you've worked for should never pass their yearly DSS inspections.

Yes, the -J model is the latest version, the Super Hercules.