So, a couple of things..the US was barely in the jet age during Vietnam, and has since progressed exponentially, both in terms of how we operate our carriers, as well as the technology that we're launching from those carriers. It will take the Chinese a LONG time to catch up. There's simply throwing aircraft off a…

The Navy does not operate the Harrier, the Marine Corps does. Also, I believe it's a significantly upgraded version than what the UK was operating.

More importantly than even the engineering know-how, is the operational know-how. The US has perfected the operations over 90 years of embarked air wings, and while other countries do have experience, they can't even begin to rival what the US knows about how to efficiently launch, trap, maintain, and plan a carrier…

I actually hit up Amazon this morning, in an attempt to buy a GT90 model. I found it, then saw a Maisto S550 Mustang model. My heart made me buy the Mustang.

If only I had the coin, right now.

Yeah, she is.

I turn 32 next month. I set a goal with my wife, a few weeks ago, of ordering my Shelby Daytona kit from FFR on my 38th birthday. She's 100% down.

All of this was pioneered and proven by AEGIS. There's nothing new, here.

Legacy AEGIS baselines still utilize Q70 consoles, which, while complicated and expensive, are fairly compact and streamlined. As CGs and DDGs cycle through refit, they'll be equipped with updated consoles. The CDS displays found on Baseline 9, aka AEGIS Modernization, which is what is both backfitting and…

Man, after reading that, I want to take back my CP vote.

I do like several of the newer Lincoln models, and I'd LOVE to get me a LS LSE. Maybe the wife will let me find a nice one to go with that S550 Mustang I'm buying later this year...

Obvious troll is obvious.

Not likely. Having been around the Taurus forums for some time, the swaps aren't that simple, even when you're talking like platforms and drivetrain. For instance, the PCM controls the functions of the tach and speedo, as well as many other pieces, so it would be hell rewiring and shunting things to make everything…

Because it's probably the best looking Lincoln of the past thirty years, comes with a DOHC V8, is RWD, and they're actually kinda fun to drive. If this were a black LSC, and didn't have those codes, I'd be all over this. I've been missing having a car payment.

Perhaps someone could use their ringfinger to plug that hole, so that later, you could get physical, then maybe get down, make love.

I would love to have something like this, but my wife said this is something I can never have.

What a twat.

Awesome video!

I don't know about you, but my wife told me this is something I can never have.

Ionized gases and particles that are torn off the projectile at launch.