So...you want a long range, no stealth bomber. Okay, well an intercontinental airliner costs $170-300 million (787 low end, bigger 777 on the high). Let’s split the difference and say $240 million.

No, I meant the B-1. Swing wing aircraft are maintenance hungry in general, and the B-1 added some very advanced and finicky electronics on top of that. Though, the latter are being upgraded now.

Well, the B-1 is already called the bone, both as a pun (b-one) and because...well...the front half of the jet looks fairly phallic.

Yes, because we only have 20 B-2's and the other bombers are going to age out in the next 20 years. Given that these dev programs take 10-15 years to complete, now is the time to start them.

Lot of bad info in your post. I’ll unpack them point by point.

Any company that can’t get rid of dead weight is a poorly run company, regardless of whether or not there’s a union. Either they FUBARed the labor negotiations, they ruined relations with labor leadership, or are simply too lazy to go through the hassle of dumping dead weight via more creative measures.

To be fair, your friends in NASA wouldn’t necessarily know the extent of military involvement in the Chinese civilian space agency.

You have Four Thirds backeards. It is, above all else, a mount specification. It also specifies data protocols so that lens autofocus is cross-compatible, and as a way to electronically correct lens distortions. The one thing that actually has leeway is the sensor itself. There are maximum size limits (again, for…

Eh...the only thing Elite is hiding is more goddamn grinding.

I don’t think the best advice for WB is to “be like Marvel”. There’s too many goddamn comics movies every year as it is. The last thing we need is for them to be MORE similar. Nor are Marvel movies as bulletproof as some here suggest. I watched Thor 2 for the first time on the same day as Suicide Squad. I wouldn’t say…

Right, because I don’t meet their physical fitness standards. But the military is *very* aware of how hard and how long they can (or at least should) push their troops. After that point, units are fatigued, and will get themselves killed.

If you are spending more than 40-50 hours at the office, every week, all the time you’re literally wasting your time. Your long past the point of positive marginal return. Each extra hour is stealing productivity from your previous hours, assuming you were even spending the first 40 hours wisely.

Are you asking if I’ve done time trials? No, I don’t have time for that. The point is that the engine is fine, but gets sluggish when it’s hot out. It is less of an issue when it is cool out. That is all.

Like the article says, if it’s a modern, electronically controlled engine, it doesn’t. Matter. Such engines constantly adjust timing for fuel grade and temperature to ensure the engine operates without damaging itself.

I think you’re closer...year 2000 isn’t that important. I think the more important one is “are you old enough to remember how the world was before everyone lost their shit on 9/11".

Technically, the US gained $1.6M in revenue. In order to figure out profit (which is generally referred to as a surplus in government and other nonprofits), we’d need to know the expenses involved in the auction, and the FBI case in general.

I miss the mako. Ever find that giant alien monument on the edge of that one planet that only worked if you collected the random artifact from some side quest?

Having put like 30 hours into NMS, I’d agree with you on everything but 1: the planets are NOT just pallette swaps. Each one has its own unique character.

You seem to be mistaken. There is no Freedom Tower in New York. They laid the cornerstone for one in 2004, but then removed it.

Freedom Tower is in Miami, guy. You must be thinking of 1 World Trade.