F-35 fighter jet fleet grounded by Pentagon

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21554331
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notageek · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:27 am Post subject:

And in other news:

UK receives first F-35 stealth fighter jet from US

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18919388
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Upon receipt of which, they promptly informed us the proper spelling is "F Thourtey Faeve".
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pjp · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 5:00 am Post subject:

Given the cost of modern war machines, it seems we need to extend what we've got and tweak it, and only invest ridiculous amounts of money for the proverbial game changer. Spending insanely so our nearest competitors can copy 90% of for 10% of the cost isn't practical.
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BoneKracker · Veteran Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 1488 Location: U.S.A.

That's why we should put all our R&D money into biological warfare and develop genetically specific pathogens that can be targeted right down to the individual (or the whole er... group, as it were). Highly contagious chimeric mutagens that are self-replicating, self-spreading; it doesn't get more efficient than that.
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aidanjt · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:06 am Post subject:

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What could possibly go wrong?
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aidanjt · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 11:19 am Post subject:

pjp · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 2:03 pm Post subject:

ratmonkey · n00b Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 14

In hindsight, the whole "one platform for everybody" concept of F-35 was just asking for the problems this program has run into. Trying to to use one machine to keep every branch of the military happy sounds like a you'll get a machine with a bunch of compromises that no one will be happy with. Also, a little unnerving that so many eggs got dumped in this one basket. Over-homogenization increases vulnerability if that specific platform becomes compromised. Some variety and diversity between branches can reduce this sort of risk. I also questioned the ad-hoc design approach of building the plane with incomplete designs that are in a constant state of flux... that how you get a system designed mainly with kludges if you ask me. The good thing is that the military tends to learn their lessons, so hopefully we won't see a repeat of this design approach again.
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wildhorse · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 5:49 pm Post subject:

The USA needs to develop a replacement for the F-35. One that is much more expensive.

LoTeK · Apprentice Joined: 26 Jul 2012 Posts: 233

even better would be if the whole navy, air force and army would only build those cool battleships from WW2. No small destroyers, aircraft-carriers or jets anymore, only battleships.. large, mighty battleships like the yamato, bismarck or arizona..!!
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Battleships are awesome but obsolete, like swords and castles.
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LoTeK · Apprentice Joined: 26 Jul 2012 Posts: 233

yes but way cooler than swords or castles and even so it would be smart to build only those, even for ground forces. And in the movie battleship the old arizona saved us from the aliens (because they destroyed all carriers etc)! So think again! and don't say the aliens got beaten because ACDC music was played during the battle Arizona vs Aliens..
or maybe flying U-boots would be more effective?
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pjp · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:38 pm Post subject:

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True. Or make one that's a Transformer. They could call it "Phallus Prime".
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pjp · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 12:13 am Post subject:

lol

I always thought that should be the name of the operation sending a series of bunker busters to the same spot too deep for a single.
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BoneKracker · Veteran Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 1488 Location: U.S.A.

You're confused. The Abrahamic religions consider the animals, like man, to be God's Creatures. As to them being evil, the Old Testament says the only creature banned from the garden of Eden was man. In the eyes of these religions, the animals are incapable of evil because they don't know what it is.

They do, however, say God made man master of the animals. I find this belief ironic, since God obviously didn't bother to make man master if himself.

There is no good or evil; there are only arbitrary rules for interaction. We may think we are quite different from other animals, but our rules are pretty much the same. We can get along, but if you try to take what I say is mine or push me around, I'll bite you. Keep it up, and I'll kill you. The only difference is teeth vs. explosives, and that we make slaves.
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notageek · Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 5:04 am Post subject:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21625417

Grounded US F-35 fighter jet fleet to resume flights
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