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The Oldest Man posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Air_Dominance quote:The cost of each plane was not disclosed by Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, but is expected to be in the hundreds of millions. "It's going to be an expensive airplane" said Kendall. In 2023, the Air Force's force structure planning projects approximately 200 manned NGAD fighters, although this is a notional figure for rough planning assumptions. SMG Consulting shared an infographic on the program, showing dimensions, cost, and combat radius, based on the Lockheed Martin 6th generation fighter artist impressions. oh hell yeah
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https://twitter.com/SaysSimulation/status/1703490536441561445 lostech of the 21st century: shaping thick hardened steel
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They should do the arctic ice breaker's maintenance in the summer imo
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/SaysSimulation/status/1703490536441561445 Reality has gone beyond satire and reached escape velocity 500excf type r posted:They should do the arctic ice breaker's maintenance in the summer imo
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/SaysSimulation/status/1703490536441561445 Jesus Christ
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mycomancy posted:Jesus Christ They could just contract the Chinese to do it for less than half the price.
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/SaysSimulation/status/1703490536441561445 thread title
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fits my needs posted:maybe in a lake oh no I saw some Chinese tourists fishing over there!
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Mr. China is helping me find my jet
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China, if you’re listening — I hope you are able to find the 30,000 f35s that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. Let’s see if that happens.
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Cao Ni Ma posted:Mr. China is helping me find my jet
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Danann posted:lostech of the 21st century: shaping thick hardened steel found a not-paywalled article from earlier this year and lol, lmao https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/new-us-icebreaker-delayed-until-2027-russia-orders-6th-and-7th-nuclear-icebreaker quote:The 46-year old Polar Star, the Coast Guard’s only heavy icebreaker, is nearing the end of its useful service life and relies on its out-of-service sister ship Polar Sea for spare parts. quote:While the US Coast Guard appears at least four years away from completing its first new icebreaker in 25 years, Russia’s main operator of icebreakers, Rosatomflot, continues working on expanding its already substantial capabilities in the region. Last week it signed a contract for the construction of the sixth and seventh nuclear icebreakers of the Arktika-class.
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Oneiros posted:found a not-paywalled article from earlier this year and lol, lmao "unlike the perfect and capable american free market, the russian state is incapable of complicated technology" says the lucky propagandist who is speaking to an incurious and largely illiterate audience. Delta-Wye has issued a correction as of 13:35 on Sep 18, 2023 |
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The nuke powered icebreakers are some of the coolest machines ever imo
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Cao Ni Ma posted:Mr. China is helping me find my jet
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Oneiros posted:found a not-paywalled article from earlier this year and lol, lmao 
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I love all the replies in that icebreaker post that are like "but I thought the ice caps were melting? Checkmate climate change!!!"
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it gets even better about the decade old icebreaker they want to buy for $150 million dollars (it cost $200 to build) and then spend years refitting: wikipedia posted:...it was also concluded that the likely cause for Aiviq's loss of main engine power was sea water in the fuel oil. After the casualty, sea water contamination was found in settling tanks, day tanks, main engine primary filters and main engine injectors. The design of the vessel allowed considerable amount of sea water to enter the stern deck and subsequently to the fuel oil tanks through overflow vents in heavy weather. There were also problems with fuel management practices onboard Aiviq.[38] wow, why would the coast guard want this hunk of junk? wikipedia posted:On 14 May 2015, US Congressman Duncan Hunter of California, began advocating for the acquisition of Aiviq by the US Coast Guard (USCG) due to an availability gap caused by USCG's deactivation of the icebreaker USCGC Polar Sea.[40] USCG repeatedly turned down Hunter's continued proposals, citing the vessel's unsuitability for military operations and being less-capable than USCGC Healy, with Coast Guard Admiral Charles Michel stating Aiviq is "Not suitable for military service without substantial refit. [...] We have very specific requirements for our vessels, including international law requirements for assertion of things like navigation rights. This vessel does not just break ice."[40][41] 
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Holy poo poo it's the vaping gamer congressman
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Slavvy posted:Lol is this real? How did they lose a whole plane?? Well, it's a stealth plane - you're not supposed to find it.
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Ardennes posted:Canada and Denmark will protect America that's right
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Cao Ni Ma posted:Mr. China is helping me find my jet have you thought about a trillion per year military is actually too poor to conduct plane searches
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Digital Jedi posted:Finders keepers I say By the maritime law of the right to salvage I hereby claim this F-35 for the Kingdom of Neptune and all who dwell within.
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Delta-Wye posted:"unlike the perfect and capable american free market, the russian state is incapable of complicated technology" says the luckily propagandist who is speaking to an incurious and largely illiterate audience.  I present to you exhibit A of more than we can fit in this courtoom. I just like the presentation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVNb-JG6juo
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gradenko_2000 posted:good news for the airplane: It should work like a Tesla right? Has anyone just looked in the hanger?
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I mean it couldn't have made it far, an F-35 has, what, 15 minutes of fuel?
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gradenko_2000 posted:good news for the airplane: bad news for any muslim weddings taking place within the plane's operational range
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the air force is bringing in the best people to look for the jet: The Profiler, The Mentalist, and Tim Roth's character from Lie to Me to track it down
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just have the bird thread flip over some cards, simple as
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gradenko_2000 posted:I mean it couldn't have made it far, an F-35 has, what, 15 minutes of fuel? unironically just about the only good thing they managed to do with f-35 is that it has some supercruise capability, once it gets to mach 1.2 it can turn off the afterburner and will stay at 1.2 for a long time not as impressive as a concorde, but still a pretty good achievement for post-2000s lockheed i bet so really, it could be loving anywhere lmfao
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gradenko_2000 posted:I love all the replies in that icebreaker post that are like "but I thought the ice caps were melting? Checkmate climate change!!!" Icebergs melting is the reason Russia and China spending so much in the arctic and new northern sea port to get in on the arctic sea route early. If the Biden's infrastructure PPT projects are real they would have spent the infrastructure money on a competing arctic route. Both Russia and China are lookin at this from the business angle and the US is still looking at it from the military/patraling angle. stephenthinkpad has issued a correction as of 14:50 on Sep 18, 2023 |
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/SaysSimulation/status/1703490536441561445 lmao
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stephenthinkpad posted:Icebergs melting is the reason Russia and China spending so much in the arctic and new northern sea port to get in on the arctic sea route early. yeah and climate change opening up those routes means we need ice breakers more not less, since we'll be trying to run shipping through partially iced seas more frequently
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I just want to point out that it was almost certainly not flying supersonic, if only because the pilot survived ejection. Flying slow, and with the aerodynamic drag caused by the missing canopy, even if it had a stable regime of flight (why bail out at all then?), it probably did not get far. Which you would think makes it easier to find, but alas.
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yellowcar posted:i hope that missing f35 is still out there flying and having the time of its life and going on whacky adventures Maybe it will have a healthier life on its own in the wild?
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