Message from @Grenade123
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many of them have gone off reasonably well
I mean, sure, almost anything in procurement can go wrong
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
Still, bye again
Or maybe they're laughing with the president.
lol
@Grenade123 the laws of physics didn't much change since the '60s
Now, there are exceptions like the F-22
which is not inherently stable, and relies on thrust vectoring
no, but the tech has
The thing is, much like in software, the urge to adopt technologies for the sake of it is among the worst instincts we have
only so much you can do retrofitting
au contraire
you can retrofit ANYTHING
to do ANYTHING
adopting tech is not the problem, its defeating enemy tech that is the problem
retrofits can always be as good as new aircraft
you can, but not before becomes too costly and unstable
Well
that's unlikely if you're retrofitting the same class of aircraft
depends on what you need to retrofit
I mean, computational equipment is not that large
laws of physics hasn't changed much since the 40's, i don't see retorfitted spitfires flying around