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Business Insider: The most expensive F-35 variant has hit another major snag that could take years to fix
The Pentagon has established a "red team" to address considerable shortcomings with the F-35C, the carrier-based naval variant of the most expensive weapons project in history.
The F-35, subject to cost overruns and delays throughout its production, reached an initial state of military readiness with its Air Force and Marine variants in 2016, but the Navy's variant lags behind in part due to an issue with its nose gear during catapult-assisted takeoffs from aircraft carriers, Inside Defense uncovered on Wednesday.
Essentially the problem, detailed in a Navy report with data dating back to 2014, deals with rough takeoffs that hurt and disorient pilots at the critical moment when they're taking off from a carrier.
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WNU Editor: Not surprising .... the Pentagon is trying to shift the focus elsewhere .... General: Older Fighters Can’t Match F-35 (DoD Buzz).
Hat Tip to jay who gave me the heads up on this story a few days ago.
Let's hope our enemies have hacked these plans.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope our enemies have hacked these plans.
ReplyDeleteOur enemies don't use catapults on their carriers.
DeleteI'm pretty sure our enemies don't want this dud. As such, there's no reason to hack the plans. A plane that's designed to be three variants simply won't work. It would have been more effective and costs less to build three separate planes.
ReplyDeleteAs I was told years ago, "when you find yourself in a hole, the first thing you do is STOP DIGGING!!" The program is ineffective, in all likelihood can never be effective, and we cannot afford it. As such, there seems no real choice but to cancel it and jt will be eventually. It'd be preferable to cut our losses now.
"She got you jumping off the deck - shoving into overdrive"
ReplyDeletescratch that
"She got you jumping off the deck " - SPLASH!
Revvin' up your engine - listen to her howl and roar
ReplyDeleteMetal under tension - begging you to touch and go
Highway to the Danger Zone
Right into the Danger Zone
Heading into twilight - spreading out her wings, tonight
She got you jumping off the deck - shoving into overdrive
Highway to the Danger Zone
I'll take you right into the Danger Zone
She'll never say hello to you until you get it on a red-line overload
You'll never know what you can do until you get it up as high as you can go
Out along the edge - it's always where I burn to be
Further on the edge - hotter the intensity
Highway to the Danger Zone
Gonna take you right into the Danger Zone
Highway to the Danger Zone
Right into the Danger Zone
- Kenny Loggons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58QOBqAWNzE
We're splashing our own?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.hazegray.org/faq/slang2.htm
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary_of_U.S._Navy_slang