Recent content by Sh0t

Boeing = pentagon queen. Subsidies galore.

The current m16s(a2 and now a4) aren't so bad. The problems from Vietnam came from a changing of the specs by the "Whiz Kids" who somehow thought they knew better. It does require attention, like any piece of precision equipment, but most of the stuff about it being dainty are overblown. That...

The airfore recently messed up the definition of what supercruise meant to cover up the failures of the F-22 The real definition should be "the ability to cruise(cover distance economically) at supersonic speeds." Not "supersonic flight without afterburners" A real supercruiser in...

As a former grunt(8 years USMC), I think they are great tools in theory. How they are organized into the force structure is another issue(badly imo) :) Good luck at your job.

THe F-22 is pretty much just a boondoggle http://www.pogo.org/p/defense/do-000812-f22.htm Check out the other stuff on pogo from Col. Riccioni http://www.pogo.org/p/x/archivedefense.html#f22 http://www.pogo.org/p/defense/do-010801-unilateraldisarm.html