They dont. We dont. This is business as usual, really. This is how states politely disagree. If this was a dispute between you and your S/O it would be mild annoyance because one ordered pizza with mushrooms, and you KNOW I DONT LIKE MUSHROOMS. Nothing to break up over.

I was with you until you said America class. That boat is garbage right now. That said, the battlewagons are done without a major refit. Cant blame people for wanting to see them as part of the fleet again though, people were sad to see the age of sail leave and the monitors come in, same concept. The railgun will…

Counterpoint - We just learned of another instance where the cold war should have gone full bore apocalypse, and all that saved us was a soldier on the ground basically deciding that he didnt want to start WWIII, the hell with his orders. I think that’s a lot less likely here - we actively talk to the Chinese, we dont…

Kinda quiet on this Tyler - I know China didnt do much, but I didnt expect silence from you. Did the Kremlin’s men finally get to you with their poison umbrella?

Im only kind of kidding.

This is beyond excellent work Shaun. You should sincerely be proud of this - its journalism at its best. Bravo!

There’s a lot of reporting on horrible shit on Gawker today, and yet THIS is what has the most depressing comments. Engineers are sad, sad people.

I have a great uncle resting in the UK, and another in France. Cannot fully express how much it meant to both my grandmother and myself to see the wonderful conditions in which her brothers were resting. It is noted and deeply appreciated.

As a Green Bay fan, I approve of this message. We’re not a very good team right now. We have a a ton of upside, maybe the most in the NFL, but upside isnt realized ‘goodness’ yet. Its potential goodness. Right now we have a patchwork O-line, two guys from the practice squad making catches, and a D that, while vastly…

Weight isnt mass though. In vacuum, far away from celestial bodies, things still have mass, even if they have no weight. Mass is still subject to inertia, and still follows the same basic rules for acceleration. I hate this, because I LOVE the TIE, but he’s absolutely right.

Right - but by his logic a B-52 and an F-16 wild weasel do the same job (drop bombs) so we dont need the F-16.

Why would it be shooting a weapon that’s been retired since 2004, has been fired only a handful of times in anger (three), missed every time(two motor failures and a miss), and was designed to be carried only by a retired air frame?

Im not an Aerospace engineer - so this is a completely uneducated guess (which means someone will be calling me an absolute idiot shortly) but I think it probably WOULD be pretty hard. There’s a lot that has to be incorporated into a Naval Varient - stronger landing gear, arresting gear, potentially articulated wings…

This comment deserves more stars. Also, a B-2 doesnt fulfil nearly the mission of a strike aircraft - its a strategic bomber that occasionally fulfills other roles.

Solves the problem for the AF, but would leave the Navy/Marines in the lurch pretty hard. They’d probably have to reprocure more Super Hornets until they could recompete themselves a new 5th gen fighter - which would run the risk of having this entire mess happen again. I’m no F-35 apologist, but at this point, most…

And Taiwan. And Japan. And Korea. Yeesh. Its good to see early 20th century American isolationism is alive and well.

This is something that everyone does all the time. Spend some more time in FA and you’ll notice a story where this happens nearly weekly. The Lassen will be fine - the Chineese arent going to sink a DD, they’re not that dumb.

No - I’m not sure it crosses into offensive, but its certainly in bad taste. I’m a Catholic and this makes ME feel awkward, so I would think it could do the same for you.

Yup

It’s actually a pretty clear thing in most religious texts - ‘I will not save you from being a dumbass, and dont use me as an excuse for utter stupidity’. God(s) seems a bit fed up with us from pretty much the outset. Really, if I were a higher being who created (fostered the creation of, or whatever your specific…

Death to all deer. They are the WORST animal, thankfully they do taste good.