Larger vehicle, with that much power, and all of a sudden you want it to be $5k less?

My first car was a gold '88 Topaz, and while it was shitty, rusting, smelled like mildew, and made me bury the go pedal to the floor just to hit 80, I drove it for about 50k miles between high school and my first year of college. I crashed into a bunch of things, so it was repainted at MAACO, and the amount of orange…

Unfortunately, due to security classification, I can't speak in any specific terms. What I can say, is that AEGIS BMD is designed to intercept exo-atmospheric, post-boost, pre-reentry ballistic missiles. It's been a few years since I worked these programs, but I'd make a wager that they're working on intercept…

All defensive systems are based around a layered defense model. At the center of the model is the carrier, and nothing should ever get near her. Outside the carrier, you have layers of picket ships, focused on different types of defense: destroyers and cruisers handle area air defense (AAW), anti-submarine warfare…

Thought this would be fire and forget, huh?

It's interesting to see someone bring up NIFC-CA. I was the sysadmin for NIFC-CA, back when it was nothing more than a six computer proof of concept . I could never have imagined that it would grow to be such a big part of AEGIS and ship self-defense.

Which is why the US now deploys AEGIS BMD, in addition to the CIWS. Layered defense.

Can you cite an incident, other than the USS Stark (where the CIWS was in standby mode), when a CIWS system failed to intercept?

I worked AEGIS as a systems engineer for almost a decade, and I've never heard of a Burke deploying without a CIWS. Source?

My last name is Carr, and I have an uncle. Three, to be exact!

That's the package cost, on top of the base cost of each model. The 401A package has been the Premium Package for the last couple generations, so take cost of EcoBoost Mustang + 201A = EcoBoost Premium. GT Mustang + 401A = GT Premium. Of note, it doesn't look like there's a Premium Package for the V6. They'll…

The original name for EcoBoost, Twin Force, was BAD. ASS. I wish they've have just used that branding, but they decided that the green cred they'd get from EcoBoost was better than the awesome cred they'd get from the actual engines, themselves.

Gawker: Insulting its readers since Nineteen Dikkity Seven.

That's brilliant!

Did you read the entire article? The original drums were replaced with discs.

I think a set of the 2008-2009 Bullitt Torq-Thrust wheels, in gunmetal. Sexy, sexy.

What sucks is that those people will pay the sales tax in the state in which they purchased the car, and if that happens to be lower than the NJ sales tax, they'll also owe NJ. For instance, Delaware has no sales tax, but when you try to register the vehicle in NJ, you'll have to pay the 7%, and perhaps a…

I'm so happy I moved out of NJ. I was born there, grew up there, and lived there for 28 years.

The F-22 doesn't fill ANY mission profile that the F-117A did. ANY.

That's like saying Syphilis is a better STD than Herpes, because you can treat it with antibiotics.