Another Putin Disaster
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F-35, taken out of service bc of failure to lower landing gear requires emergency belly-flop landing.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/01/05/south-korea-air-for
ce-pilot-emergency-landing-F-35-gear-up-Lockheed-Martin/4511641398691/
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
F-35, taken out of service bc of failure to lower landing gear requires emergency belly-flop landing.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/01/05/south-korea-air-for
ce-pilot-emergency-landing-F-35-gear-up-Lockheed-Martin/4511641398691/
Yep, shit happens...
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Blinken warns Russia of 'massive consequences' over Ukraine aggression
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Poor Putty...
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RUSSIA!!!RUSSIA!!!RUSSIA!!! ...
because
... KAZAKHSTAN!!!
I know I saw it on a map somewhere. Maybe next to Canada? Or Mexico? Somewhere important!
(THUGGER is softening us up to support a 2-front war. 
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A LOT of shit happens with the F-35. The anti-radar coating can't get wet. Which is why an F-35 recently crashed in England- someone forgot to remove the tarp before takeoff, and it got sucked into an engine.
Every hour of flying time requires 10 hours of maintenance.
It takes HOURS to download the latest avionics and terrain data from satellite.
The jet is limited to 40-50 seconds of Mach 1.3 flight (version depending) bc high speeds damage the stealth skin and rear antenna.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a32701605/f-35-supe
rsonic-flight-speed-limit/
On top of which, bc the stealth profile depends on armaments being carried in the belly of the plane, with the bomb bay doors closed, the plane suffers from overheated fuel and avionics, requiring refrigerated fuel trucks on the ground.
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/37314/has-the-f-35-lightn
ing-ii-overheating-problem-been-resolved
The idea originally was the create a multi-role stealth jet with 85% overlap of parts between versions but the requirements between versions are so different (loiter time, speed, armor, etc) that it has evolved into a finicky overly complicated boondoggle that requires far too much ground support to be practical in combat situations.
But SOMEBODY made a lot of money on it!
Any competent designer knows that you can't make a do-everythimg jet. Ground support requires a slow speed, heavily armored plane that can loiter for long periods of time. A fighter requires speed and agility. Bombers carry high payloads. Carrier aircraft and invasion force need short, or VERY short runways. I don't see how there could be a single design that can accomplish all of these.
Over-promised, under-delivered. Our military needs to get it's head out of its ass and start ordering weapons systems that are more thought out: What is the mission, offensive or defensive? What countermeasures will be encountered? What do we need?
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
THUGGER is softening us up to support a 2-front war.
Meanwhile, while Democrats run everything mind you, Second is trying to drum up a Civil War on our shores.
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Vaccinated People: "You need to get muh vaccination shots that don't work because I got muh vaccination shots that don't work and I'm afraid of people that didn't get muh vaccination shots that don't work because muh vaccination shots that don't work don't work."
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As I think about it, Kazakhstan has all the appearance of a ginned-up phony 'color revolution' specifically manufactured post-haste to explain why the US can't POSSIBLY talk with RUSSIA!!!RUSSIA!!!RUSSIA!!!
But it makes me speculate on a potential strategy, to wit -
China is a weak target for US military action, because it still holds a lot of US denominated financials and it still depends on manufacturing for the US market. China would not be eager to lose either the value of its holdings or of its market. In other words, there are still other significant tools to be used against China.
Russia otoh has a hardened economy (and also an ascendant military). So picking a full-on military fight with Russia wouldn't be advisable - unless you're of course a neo-con who believes nuclear war is winnable. But picking proxy-wars with Russia might be the way to go!
And, if the US makes-nice(er) with China while picking a fight with Russia, it would also test the Russia-China partnership. China I think would be very unlikely to go to bat against the US in terms of either military participation or economic isolation, due to its economic vulnerability versus the US.
If that theory is correct, expect the US media to stand-down on China and how awful it's been treating the Uyghurs, Hong Kong, Taiwan ... manufactured pointless concern of the day ...
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You keep talking bullshit comrade signym. It's what you do best.
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Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
A LOT of shit happens with the F-35. The anti-radar coating can't get wet. Which is why an F-35 recently crashed in England- someone forgot to remove the tarp before takeoff, and it got sucked into an engine.
Every hour of flying time requires 10 hours of maintenance.
It takes HOURS to download the latest avionics and terrain data from satellite.
The jet is limited to 40-50 seconds of Mach 1.3 flight (version depending) bc high speeds damage the stealth skin and rear antenna.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a32701605/f-35-supe
rsonic-flight-speed-limit/
On top of which, bc the stealth profile depends on armaments being carried in the belly of the plane, with the bomb bay doors closed, the plane suffers from overheated fuel and avionics, requiring refrigerated fuel trucks on the ground.
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/37314/has-the-f-35-lightn
ing-ii-overheating-problem-been-resolved
The idea originally was the create a multi-role stealth jet with 85% overlap of parts between versions but the requirements between versions are so different (loiter time, speed, armor, etc) that it has evolved into a finicky overly complicated boondoggle that requires far too much ground support to be practical in combat situations.
But SOMEBODY made a lot of money on it!
Any competent designer knows that you can't make a do-everythimg jet. Ground support requires a slow speed, heavily armored plane that can loiter for long periods of time. A fighter requires speed and agility. Bombers carry high payloads. Carrier aircraft and invasion force need short, or VERY short runways. I don't see how there could be a single design that can accomplish all of these.
Over-promised, under-delivered. Our military needs to get it's head out of its ass and start ordering weapons systems that are more thought out: What is the mission, offensive or defensive? What countermeasures will be encountered? What do we need?
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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