Why would the USN be launching SM-3s at missiles within the atmosphere?

You're assuming that salvo launches of SMs wouldn't stop the incoming missiles...

Well, you're partially right. Anti-missile technology has DEFINITELY improved, and AEGIS is orders of magnitude more capable now than it was in 1986, though the Vicksburg may or may not have received the ACB-08 modernization. If so, it does have BMD capabilities, but it's not the newest of the bunch. That said, the…

It's the Ford Galaxy, actually.

My sweet, gentle Jesus...

Gotcha. He's been back and forth between ANG and USAF-R throughout the years, so it's possible he was a boom operator on KC-135s, but I do know that he is a KC-10 pilot, now. Must have gone to the Reserves when he started flying...

Honestly, that how I usually drive my 06' Mustang GT. Start in second, up to third, and once I hit 45, I'm in fifth, unless I'm getting on a highway.

I know a guy that used to be an ANG boom operator on KC-10s, and is now a KC-10 pilot. The next time I see him, I should ask what's more stressful!

How about 'Lapdance', by N.E.R.D., especially the uncensored video.

Sounds like typical Gawker-media blogging.

This is great information. I've had dealers offer me GAP insurance before, but I always declined, because they wanted an arm and a leg for it. Knowing that I can call my own insurance company for a fraction of the dealer's price is fantastic! Thanks!

I'm afraid to drive one, because I know I'll make an emotional decision, rather than be completely rational. I'm planning on coming in with X-plan and my own financing, and I want to order exactly what I want. Going in and testing one is just tempting fate that the salesman will talk me into it.

I'm coming from black, and I'm really liking white, but my wife has a white MB GLK350, and it's just as hard to keep clean as my black Mustang. I'm very seriously considering Race Red, I'm just not sure that I want five or six years of having a car that attracts THAT much attention (as if my exhaust wouldn't).

I have to admit that I've been severely straining my neck to get a look, when one drives by. I saw several this weekend, and they just look fantastic. Hell, I have a model on my desk, sitting next to my Shelby Cobra model, and across from my 2000 Cobra-R, and 2006 Motorcraft Fusion.

Neutral: Are You Considering Buying A Car? Crossover? SUV? Truck? Any Of The Above?

But bourbon tastes so much better by itself!

Exactly what I was going to post!

The wing on the back of an F1 car add tons of useful downforce, which makes them very fast. The wing on the back of your Camry sadly doesn't.

Well, the GAO basically does nothing but arbitrate and decide upon who wins bids on a contested RFP/RFI, and from time-to-time, puts out reports about how screwed up the DoD acquisition process is. What's really damning is that many of these middle managers make goodly sums of money, plus benefits, plus a LOT of time…

Well, and that's always a problem. The government is the customer, and the government pays the bills. If they tell you to do something, regardless of where in the process you are, you have to do it, or they'll just find someone else who will. They refuse to freeze requirements when they need to, and change…