"Outside of Japan, no other country responded to the Fukushima disaster as dramatically as Germany. Within weeks of the meltdown, Germany shut down eight of its 17 nuclear reactors and passed a law to phase out the remaining nine by 2022."

Yes thank you. I know that it's called a "Joint Strike Fighter" and I thought the idea was stupid back when it was first proposed because it has never worked in the past and it seems it won't work this time around either.

"What have women or Jewish people ever done to deserve such flagrant, brutal hatred?"

Yeah, but in this case even the $9 billion in procurement aren't quite accurate, they only apply in a "best case" scenario and date back to 2009. I think we can agree that "best case" is no longer a possibility.

Well, I should have added, but forgot (battling a rising cold right now and am a bit woozy on Dayquil), that because of this it's up to us to find meaning beyond that.

I have my doubts about the viability as I have encountered similar promises in the technology sector before. It never ever has worked out as promised in the glossy brochures. If LM can pull it off, kudos to them. But I remain sceptical as the mission profile / requirements are really quite diverse.

What I mean is that the F-16, F-18 etc. are all unique plane designs for a specific purpose in mind. Sure, the F-16 can do air superiority but it's mostly intended as a strike aircraft etc.

Well, that's why we invented religion. We like to think that this is not all there is.

The question is how much more of that do you get compared to someone who lives on a busy street?

"I can tell you definatively that the ConOps and thus the levied requirements are NOT and never have been anywhere close to being the same between the F-35 and the F-22. The differences between an air superiority fighter with limited ground attack capability and a dedicated fighter/bomber are significant."

The only difference being that none of these planes was intended to be the "one to rule them all". This changes the entire dynamic of the program as well as it's importance to the Military.

Actually a hollow point would have probably bounced around the skull shredding the brain tissue, that's pretty much what it is designed for (shredding).

Do you wear it too when you are in the shower (you could slip, happens more than you may think) or walking down stairs / outside? The risk of "kissing the pavement" is roughly the same as when you're on the bike.

I am not afraid of being dead, just how I may die (e.g. slow and agonizing).

I would think so. It takes a few minutes for the oxygene starved brain to stop functioning. They did do "tests" back then and some records claim that beheaded heads tried to talk and reacted to instruction (e.g. follow the finger). Though how accurate those are is up for debate.

I think the problem with the F-35 is that it's not only having a few problems, there seem to be some serious design challenges / problems that will probably cost a few more billions to fix it.

What would the US want with the UK? That makes little sense. They have no oil (anymore). Canada (or rather Alberta) would be a much better candidate.

The F-35 clearly DOES rely on knowledge obtained when building the F-22, it's the same company, it probably has the same engineers on it as well. Sure, they aren't the same, but the concept behind both planes is pretty similar. The F-35 was supposed to be a cheaper version of the F-22, which means lessons learned from…

As in why Giz is harder on the F-35 than the F-22 or Airbus for that matter. They aren't really that harsh on the Dreamliner either which has it's own set of problems.

It's not really new. I first of it over a decade ago. Was very popular back then in the Triathlon circles.