We should have sold the F-22 to Japan.
Israel gives me pause. But Japan? The F-22 was practically designed for her needs: the zenith of air superiority, and in Japanese service, no ostensible reason to even WORRY about an air-to-ground purpose.

Hasn’t France suffered enough?

Fuck. I’d buy a Char costume, and the car.

Development following a given war has nothing to do with anything.

This. Apples and oranges.

I have a feeling Japanese auto manufacturers

I think Grozy is a touch more apt.

So with the benefit of hindsight, it’s clear that the Russians learned something from us. Even the Russians finally decided to isolate ammunition from their crew in the T-14 Armata.

Cancelling a generation of high-and-hot military aircraft in the 60's set us back.

Tell that to China. :P

Then it’s awesome. :)

Autonomous cars are great for people who lack the gumption to do a road trip.

Oh, like San Diego to Texas along I-8 / I-10 / I-20?
Yeah, being born in the former and in the US Army, I’ve only done this over a dozen times. What a joke.

And it’s not impossible in an uncomfortable one.
Just a literal pain in the butt.

Normal person + audience + anonymity may not invariably = total fuckwad, but it doesn’t, it does manage to bring out blinkered, parochial people at least.

Sounds like your idea of what is reasonable or in the range of possible, normal behavior, differed greatly from reality.

So instead of maybe, urmmmm, being wrong, other people are nutters?

Unless your occupation is a trucker, and you’ve covered damn near every stretch of interstate in America, what qualifies you to call BS?

30 minutes?
Hahaha, no.

I road trip a lot. (~2 times a year for 7 years) If I spend 30 minutes at a rest stop it’s cause I went #2, had a sit-down meal, fueled up from less than a quarter of a tank, put air in all 4 tires, and then just meandered for a few minutes.

Now that’s solo. Is there a difference between solo…

It doesn’t need to.