Yah, I bet that there would have been failures on Buran as well, if it had ever reached that point.

Yes. The booster parachuted down but I am sure they had some damage on landing.

My Navigation Professor was a navigator in a Canadian Orion. He was awesome.

He gave his reasons for believing what he wrote and detailed what is wrong with our current structure. What is wrong with that?

You just described the F-35. No armor, lots of delicate parts, fuel, and no fire suppression.

That's just what they say. It probably does cost more, but you have to quote the figures, even if the figures are skewed

Did you not read the article? A lot of analysts have been saying that we are too dependant on tankers. The current western designs look like a the Supermarine Spitfire as their idea of a good plane. Do you remember those battles where the Spitfire ran bomber escort over Berlin? No? That's because they were to short…

Russia is not trying to annex former republics. That phrase is repeated so much without a single thought given. It makes no economic, political, or strategic sense.

Be amazed then

Yes, but once you put them in context, it’s more like Centurylink threatening to cut off your internet because you are hosting an illegal torrent site.

Yep. Another person who’s understanding of geopolitics was taught by Call of Duty

I am trying to get a mental picture of what the BBC claimed to have happened... It's quite funny and a little less realistic then that scene with the motorcycle and the airplane at the start of Goldeneye.

Ah yes, the “you must be a paid by the Kremlin because you don’t agree with every new conflict the U.S. wades into” argument.

I don’t recall Russia threatening anyone with turning off the gas unless they were violating their contract by redistributing to Ukraine.

I highly doubt that would end the sanctions. The U.S. is very anti-Russia and will oppose anything that can help them. A lot of politicians tried to block the Mistral deal when it was announced. The U.S. Intends to make Europe an energy dependent in the long term, and I doubt they would mind if there was a war in…

Ah, I am going to start calling that thing the Spork.

Well, much of this is because the U.S. Wants to make Europe energy dependent on it instead of Russia. Look at what John McCain has been saying. There always is more than “the Evil Russians want to invade!”

Something tells me that the U.S. Would be irate if China and Russiandid joint drills off of California.

Can you program it to fly like an x-wing? That is the real question

I’ve noticed most crashes are from ultralights and stuff. When I was doing my flight training, an ultralight crashed into a hot air balloon...