Depriving Putinistan of Cuba as a base that can directly threaten the US is a foreign policy “DUH”, yet in spite of Obama having made a lot of progress in that direction, Trump seems so addicted to saber-rattling that he fails to see when he’s being handed a “gimme” that greatly enhances US security and prestige.

California’s CARB regs aren’t going away ever, and are getting tougher all the time. Given that 1:8 Americans lives in California, and an even greater fraction of US drivers, mfgs will continue to find it cheaper to make all of their cars to CARB standards than to have one tailor made for different states.

Almost nothing you’ve said here is correct. I guess you just pulled this stuff out of your butt, because the facts are completely contrary.

Actually, with the lethality of modern weaponry you’d be safer in something harder to find and target, because once they target you it doesn’t matter if you’re in one of these, an MRAP or a MBT, you’re dead. At least in these you can get offroad, stay offroad, and present zero big, juicy targets (like a BFV or AAV)…

It’s not a vehicle for MOUT. It’s a vehicle for DO in places like Baluchistan, AnBar, Poland, etc. off the main roads, or off any roads. That’s what MRAPs are for.

Any idea why Polaris is so tight-lipped about the performance of this engine? I’m sure it would cost more, but BMW has a sweet 3-cylinder engine in the 75-225 hp range that could power a slightly bigger derivative vehicle.

A yen (or billion) for stolen US technology.

Those drilling rigs run through rough terrian, but typically not many miles. A drilling rig might put on 50-150 miles a day, whereas a semi truck will put on 600-1,250 miles a day, day in and day out for years.

Another victory for public education; writers whose entire repertoire of adjectives are profanity.

Obviously they had on massive seat belts, still more massive shoulder straps, super massive seats, and hyper-massive luck.

Brain-eating amoebas?

The obvious answer to your question of how to put more holes in the rotors is what GE calls additive technology. Basically 3D printing of metals that are then baked in a kiln to form structures impossible to machine by conventional subtractive technology.

These are not F-15C air superiority aircraft, these are F-15 E Strike Eagle derivatives so would NOT “make very formidable air superiority craft.”

There have been almost 1,200 “Albinos” mfg to date, with production scheduled to continue until 2019, so the USAF is lying its ass off about the number it has in inventory, at least of you consider the Air Nation Guard they rely on for additional aircraft. It appears the real number is at least 342, with another 100…

...yes, and the Allman Brothers Band made a song about it at Mussel Shoals ;)

I’m working on something I think is important, RE: how to fix the Textron Scorpion, or make it inspire something badly needed by both the USN and USAF, as well as DHS and the DEA, but I’m having 2nd thoughts about posting it here as I agree, things have been gone downhill a lot since Tyler left. I’m not sure it would…

Nice. I think you just saved me 20 grand.

Bullshit. Mostly it’s those in the middle-east who have loved having us fight all of their battles for them at great cost in US blood and treasure who don’t like Obama because he’s voted with his feet and left them to fight it out among themselves, and Israel, who LOVES behaving like asses visa-vie their neighbors and…

Well, first of all, White House photographers are not US Officials - they take pictures, they don’t make or execute policy, have no authority or governmental relevance.

These trucks are nowhere NEAR the most powerful in the World.