Yes, old post, but given that the top comments are about the myth of the ping, I thought this link would be an excellent and relevant end of discussion/debate: http://armamentresearch.com/myths-misconceptions-the-m1-ping/

No, the marines don’t use Blackhawks, but it’s an apples to apples comparison. 39 fatalities is significantly less than most, if not all other short-hop transports that are currently available to all US ground forces. But don’t let facts get in the way of your strawman argument.

I don’t think the styling killed it nearly as much as the purchasing concept did. The whole “no haggle,” system where the price on the sticker is the price you pay didn’t sit very well with me when I was looking to buy a new car back in 2005. For the price of a decently equipped new TC, I bought a previous model year…

As someone else said, they’re bland when compared to the first-gen pre-facelift 6 that looked fast and fun (and was actually reasonably fast and VERY fun if you got the 3.0L V6) The only reason to buy a post-facelift 6 was the Speed6. IMHO, the following example looks MUCH better than the second gen.

I’ve asked this before on Morning Shift, but this is a good rundown of Mazda’s challenges. Can it succeed as such a small company or is a merger inevitable?

As others have said, the surprising part is the figure is as low as that.

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Huh, I call them “The only thing that is going to let me get my 2012 Subaru Legacy 2.5i premium CVT from the dealership to my mechanic.”

My folks bought the first Dodge Caravan to roll off the lot in our city back when they were brand new. 84 model year, but I believe it was 1983 IIRC. Red with faux wood paneling down the sides. Red interior. They thought they had died and gone to heaven. I was relegated to the third-row while my older sister claimed…

Yes, there are a shit-ton more Corollas and Camries sold than Royces, but there are also a shit-ton of Lexuses (Lexi?), BMWs, Mercs, Acuras, Audis, etc. etc. etc. that are sold. Add in the fact that most people who can afford a Rolls or a Ferrari don’t own JUST one extremely expensive car, and that families who drive…

200mi @ 35k is still a lot to swallow even for a middle class family, especially those who do a lot of road travel. 200mi @25k and you guarantee EVs a 50% share in personal transportation. The tipping point really is higher mileage though. People can justify one EV with a shorter range for “daily commute” status, but…

Having thought about this whole thing, including the second launch against the Mason in a week just yesterday and our retaliation on rebel-held radar sites overnight, it’s really starting to look like Russia and China want the current crises in the Middle East to become the new Spanish Civil War. Seems to me that…

Oh, I completely agree, and without some sort of positive surveillance, you’d be taking a wild-ass-guess when dealing with our more pinpoint munitions these days. The fact that we are so preoccupied with not getting any more involved in the mess we started over there makes it pretty difficult to justify keeping an…

Cool, by no means am I an expert in the field, so thanks for taking the time to school me! I very much appreciate it.

Question. The effective combat range of the AN/SPY-1D radar arrays on an Arleigh Burke class destroyer is 100+nm. Even the AN/SPS-67 suface-scanning radar with its limited range and moderate low-flying target intercept ability is around ~50 nm. Where are you getting 12 miles from? It’s a legit question, because those…

Not exactly sure what the radar capabilities are on the Mason, but I’m guessing that since she’s a Guided Missile Destroyer, they’re fairly advanced. Chances are, they knew there was a launch and where it came from the moment it happened, they just couldn’t respond until it was clear that they were the target. By that…

Laughed at, no, but not serious contenders in that strength. They’ve still got a hell of a radar cross section which allows for stand-off countermeasures, and the iterations that the DPRK are using are about as capable as our first-gen F-16 fighters. We’re well beyond that capability now, as is the AF of the ROK.

MUCH cheaper. Average household income in Michigan is 48k/year. Average household income in WV is 40k/year. $15/hr at 40 hours per week at a rate of 50 weeks per year will actually land you a fairly decent standard of living in many parts of WV, Kentucky, etc.

Oh, I completely agree. There are only a few viable ways for central Appalachia to reinvent itself now that coal is dead. Becoming the domestic “outsource” destination for manufacturing that’s either too technical to trust someone in China/India/Bangladesh with, or too expensive from a transportation/tariff standpoint…