Someone needs to photoshop KJU’s derp face onto the ambassador, just for shits and giggles.

That would be my best guess as well. And as a sailor, I must bow my head a bit, because that really seems like a shitty way to go for a sailor...regardless of origin.

Where NK is concerned, I won’t disagree with you outright...because them some crazy bastards.

Damn. That’s a good one.

Of course, defection always remains a possibility...albeit a slim one probably.

“Let me get this straight, you’ve LOST a submarine?”

“I knew it!” - Charles Darwin

Might be too sedate and without differentiation across the line for some, but I actually like the new design language that MB is using. Very sharp looking, without being over the top on the performance trims.

Oh. Right. I forgot.

Make no mistake...this IS porn.

In a word: Professional.

“This is garden spot, of Seti Alpha Six!”

Foal Eagle. Done that a few times when I drove assault boats.

Every single episode, actually.

[raises hand]

U.S.N.S. Mohawk, actually.

Very true. And those tanks are only a percentage of the ground targets the A-10 is there to destroy/damage/suppress.

Well, in all fairness, down on the deck “Low & Slow” isn’t exactly a permissible environment for ANY aircraft in a hot zone. But...the A-10 is doing it, and will continue to do so for as long as it can. That’s it’s job.

So how does any of this bode well for the F-35? Hell, this discussion paints it even worse.