Message from @xorgy
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they never did
which "class"
They can get 100% of the desired capabilities with retrofits
They posted it on WH gov website
it comes in 3 flavors
"multi-role design"
I’m a bit busy bye
master of none: military airplane edition
well thats the point, retrofitting old airframes which are outdated. and the cost per unit has been coming down on the f35 where that is starting to not make as much sense as it used to
It's like they got neapolitan
and added more vanilla to all three
now you have "chocolate vanilla, WAAAY TOO VANILLA, and strawberry vanilla"
The big issue with the F35 is outstanding orders
and the corresponding agreements to purchase the parts from all sorts of NATO folks
has there been any military design contract that hasn't been an utter trainwreck?
yes
outside of legit full on war
thousands
many of them have gone off reasonably well
but this is a new kind of clusterfuck
really?seems like they always turn into a clusterfuck
the problem here is the structure
or maybe i'm confusing that with the government buying more stuff than it uses just to keep the factories open
there have been some very good programmes which are basically an initial grant competition
and then a contract offer for a limited purchase price
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II << this actually went pretty well
think they did that with the Abrams or something at one point
we're still using these things
good old A-10
a literal gun with wings
we are still retrofitting them
and they are still really very good
its not a good CAS airframe unless it can stall itself by firing it main gun
:- D
Anyway, less than $2bn dollars to do the wing replacement program
Jesus okay so I’m still typing. I’m 10 minutes in and that reading off of laughing at trump seems to be from the representation that in the media he’s doing like shit.
So maybe they’re laughing at the media not the president
all of the current airframe designs mostly flown today are all 60-80s designs no?
Still, bye again