Comments by "Diana Pennepacker" (@dianapennepacker6854) on "Sandboxx" channel.

  1. I seen it myself 15yo ago. In Groton CT. I dunno what it was. Fast. Will edit later on. Sorry was on dialysis. My friend and I absolutely saw one late at night when he was bringing me home. I saw something and was like huh that has weird lights. You see that? Is that a helicopter? So he stops the car and at the time we are thinking it is coming towards and nearly right above us. Yet after looking for a minute it hasn't moved at all so I tell him to turn off the car. Still nothing! So we get out of the car and it is just floating above us. Now here is the weird thing... We could see the silhouette of it in the shape of a triangle against the night sky. It had three light, and one bigger in the middle that reflected light weirdly - almost like looking at a red marble with an inner light. Yet there was no noise at all on top of it. So that either means the thing was massive and high up in the sky. Or super quiet and low to the ground... So it couldn't be a helicopter as I'm use to them. Anyway we are standing there for five minutes and this was right when cell phones had cameras so it had like 1 mega pixel, haha. He tried though. Anyway then it took off like a bat out of hell. There was no acceleration. Just standing still and full speed. It traveled north about a mile before going over a hill and tree line and then a split second later appeared where the hill dipped heading east over the ocean. With how fast it popped east I doubt it even turned - just a hard right like a upside down L angle. That acceleration and G force would have killed anyone. I only told a few people about the story. Years later an ex I told it to showed me a story about the TR3B and sure enough it is it. Amazes me how so many others seen it. I'm a skeptic yet I cannot deny what I saw. I won't pretend to know what it is or speculate. I just know what both of us saw and know how fast the f***ing thing went and that it was silent. I wish I had something to judge the size or speed of it, but it was a bright night sky with only some clouds. Darker then the night sky though! No sonic boom by the way - complete silence. Again it didn't acceleration not like a rocket. Shot off like a bullet. Total time was probably a bit less then ten minutes. When it was hovering it did absolutely nothing. Just hope it is on my side!
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  2. ​ @pantherowow77 Sure you can. Some were not worth the cost.
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  3. I know a software engineer who was picked up by Grumman a while ago. He was into VR and said they can see everything like the F 35. No surprise there. Yet they can also use manual gestures to click on things through the VR. Like looking to the side or behind them, clicking on a target and selecting it to fire a missile or zoom into the ground. Then once looking at the ground they can guide a missile or bomb there themselves. They can use optical data links from other sources for this too. Basically they will be able to patch into drones and use that feed. After all the human brain is still better at discerning things. Nah I'm just playing. Who knows. I am sure they will get the F 35 display of augmented reality.
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  4. Bird of Prey! That thing is so unique. Cheap too. I wonder how good the stealth was.
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  5. Even idiots can be right once in a while. My grandpa said that. While I am not saying they were idiots. Just that due to them being right about one thing doesn't mean anything.
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  6.  @colonel-klink14  I think they decided because the airframes are aging and technology has progressed so much in twenty years. Instead of having to spend the huge capital to jumpstart the manufacturing of it they decided to spend it on a newer one. I know they won't give any information but hopefully that one stealth ceramic that is much more durable, lasts longer, withstand extreme hot and cold temperatures while absorbing more is being used. From what I understand they've made and tested it. It just needs to figure out how to manufacture it en masse and worked with I guess.
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  7. I wish they at least stated if the technology was worth it. Stealth helicopter just sounds like the dumbest thing to me. Yet if it could be invulnerable to lock ons by MANPADS then maybe not. Someone also said he saw one, and it was very silent. Not sure how much, but now I'm really curious if he is correct. I mean very silent for a helicopter is like saying a 9mm is silent compared to a 50cal. Like yeah I guess you're right, but you're still going to hear the 9mm no matter what!
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  8. I can't find them commenting on the video. They were using it as advertising. Jesus. Maybe you should learn to actually listen before you comment.
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  9. For sure. Sometimes it is better to wait for advances before creating something. I think the Zumwalt and LCS were ahead of their time. With ideas on modularity, easy to upgrade software, and advanced in computers were just not there yet. I think they would have been much better if they were on the drawing boards now compared to then. Also the Osprey. Even though it is the safest VTOL aircraft in service was ahead of its time too. The V 280 is a good example of then and now technology. Let's hope they work. In twenty years we will be seeing more tilt rotors I think simply due to electric motors, and batteries becoming more powerful. Much easier tilting an electric motor. (Not full EV, but hybrids.) Yet if they attempted that now I don't think it would be a good aircraft. Now we just need long stand off missiles that we can spam from cargo planes that are cheap, and with stealth.
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  10.  @madsheine2038  Yeah it should be as it was bare bones and tiny haha. That thing is perfect for a drone short of the speed. The most impressive part was the cost! Lockheed actually freaken made a plane at a shockingly low price. They would charge ya 10$ for a freaken paper airplane.
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  11. My friend and I absolutely saw one late at night when he was bringing me home. I saw something and was like huh that has weird lights. You see that? Is that a helicopter? So he stops the car and at the time we are thinking it is coming towards and nearly right above us. Yet after looking for a minute it hasn't moved at all so I tell him to turn off the car. Still nothing! So we get out of the car and it is just floating above us. Now here is the weird thing... We could see the silhouette of it in the shape of a triangle against the night sky. It had three light, and one bigger in the middle that reflected light weirdly - almost like looking at a red marble with an inner light. Yet there was no noise at all on top of it. So that either means the thing was massive and high up in the sky. Or super quiet and low to the ground... So it couldn't be a helicopter as I'm use to them. Anyway we are standing there for five minutes and this was right when cell phones had cameras so it had like 1 mega pixel, haha. He tried though. Anyway then it took off like a bat out of hell. There was no acceleration. Just standing still and full speed. It traveled north about a mile before going over a hill and tree line and then a split second later appeared where the hill dipped heading east over the ocean. With how fast it popped east I doubt it even turned - just a hard right like a upside down L angle. That acceleration and G force would have killed anyone. I only told a few people about the story. Years later an ex I told it to showed me a story about the TR3B and sure enough it is it. Amazes me how so many others seen it. I'm a skeptic yet I cannot deny what I saw. I won't pretend to know what it is or speculate. I just know what both of us saw and know how fast the f***ing thing went and that it was silent. I wish I had something to judge the size or speed of it, but it was a bright night sky with only some clouds. Darker then the night sky though! No sonic boom by the way - complete silence. Again it didn't acceleration not like a rocket. Shot off like a bullet. Total time was probably a bit less then ten minutes. When it was hovering it did absolutely nothing. Just hope it is on my side!
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  12. Yeah it is funny people calling America propaganda biased when comparing to China and Russia. Russia a known liar on capabilities. The F 35 and Osprey are so unfairly treated. F 35 is possibly the most dangerous of all fighters due to the way it works with specialized craft, and being a flying sensor suite. I haven't kept on the F 22 new upgrade. I hope the B 21 is also like the F 35. No reason why it cannot have a better sensor suite, and carry A2A missiles without help.
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  13. I actually try bringing this up. I can never find the source of it though but the Black Hawk absolutely crashed a ton. I believe it was discussing the Osprey safety record and how it was largely overblown in comparison to other test helicopters (Let alone something so advanced. The Osprey did have huge loss of life per crash though, but avionics have become a LONG way and I hear it's easy to fly and transition. Politicians used it against others and the media is the media. Tilt powered aircraft are the future anyway because helicopters are reaching physicical limitation with retreating blade stall and supersonic tips. Better to learn how to use them now. Everyone said the Defiant was the clear choice.
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  14. Agreed. Would love anything military related from Sandboxx... ALSO videos on Russian Air power used if possible. I get so much different information when I look into it as some is outdated for sure. I don't know the capabilities of a SU 35 for instance or the cost versus the Mig uhh 29. Starting with the SU planes still used. Or hell their avionics and how they compare to the US. Specifically the SU 25 Frog Foot and why it isn't as good as the newest A 10s - [something to do with the targeting.] Just more Sandbox! Best news for anything really.
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  15. Yeah it just makes sense. I mean we still have other helicopters or platforms if you really need it. Shame. SF could've used a small helicopter like the Kiowa or further back the Little Birds. Those pilots can be a menace even with dumb rockets, and what... A 50cal? Waiting to see the attack variant of the V-280. Hope they do what they did with the Cobra. Take the platform and slim it down with room for just weapons.
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  16. I am hoping the AF is simply waiting for the new engine, and active flow control technologies. We have new engines on the horizon. Rotating detonation; scram hybrids. I also saw a new electric/natural gas hybrid which was nuts too. Should be super sonic and sub sonic efficently. Alex touched on active flow which is super cool for better stealth. Going to have flying triangles soon. Perhaps UFO shape one day haha. Anyway future is interesting. I hope I live long enough to see it as I am terminally/chronically ill.
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  17. Can't wait for the Navies next gen fighter. It is going to be a large interceptor. Huge radar, can carry huge missiles, long range, and super fast. It will be relatively mobile, but something tells me that will be low on the priority list. Basically a stealth Tomcat. You guys see the video on Boeing, and their new engines? Looks amazing, and a lot further along than I thought. Still think the Navy should create an even larger missile with even longer range, and design a new stealth AWACs that can rely targeting data to aircraft. Chinas priority will be our tankers, AWAC, and carriers.
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  18. Agreed we can't fall behind. This is why I will give two words. Project Pluto! Let us make it happen. Make it bigger, and better. It will be the size of a city block. A flying supersonic beast with four nuclear engines, and the ability to carry a ton of nuclear capable drones that are also hypersonic! Wait nay! Use multiple Starships to launch gigaton sized warheads. Call it Project UMadBro?
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  19. ​ @Defective1313  Pretty sure we would know somehow by now. I bet that's the first thing the US did - try to figure out what happened to it. Ridiculous that they hit them. Why risk it.
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  20.  @Defective1313  You really think they wouldn't mention it? That is just an odd thing to do quite honestly since they talked about the incident. Feel like Americans would love it. Yeah they took down a drone but at a cost of a very expensive fighter. Then again you're probably right what the fuck do I know. I am more curious on what happened to the pilot. Can't be good for him, but Alex does state pilots are in very short supply. Can't believe they are using their instructors TBH - that didn't work well for Japan. You definitely want a lot of good people training the next generations.
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  21. I think it is stupid we put in RnD, plus salary of soldiers. Those soldiers are enlisted anyway, and getting paid to do it regardless of whether the plane is flying or not. Is this not true? We don't do that with rifles do we? Like oh yeah we spent a million on testing this new Rifle. So add in 200$ right there per rifle. Oh add the salaries of the quarter masters, their tools, the trucks for the bullets, and all those in logistics. Don't forget the cargo ships, and the fees for the canals! Should be at least like 3 separate budget groups when the media states things. Like if there is a base already set up, and is permament. Do not include the costs of new equipment if it is there. I guess it is easier for the pencil pushers though overall so I get that. Alex do a story on black budget itemization. For instance is it true those overpriced screws and hammers are just a way for the military or AF to set aside money for projects or are vendors really price gouging the taxpayer. Probably a bit of both, eh?
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  22. Yeah I thought even a buckled ship would take time. Yet nope. Especially when you realize water sealed doors would be in place during a war footing. No way they can escape. Even the surface of the ship gets rocked, and it flipped the camera. Your best bet would be to on the edge of the ship, on the deck, and get launched into the ocean. What a terrible way to die. Now imagine an amphibious assault on Taiwan with our fleet of stealth aircraft carrying these things. It would be a death sentence, although I am not sure how many bombs we could drop in one hit. Those ships would be packed to the brim with troops. It makes you realize how vulnerable our carriers are too.
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  23.  @fathead8933  Yeah I was typing before I watched the video. Should probably stop doing that haha. Get ahead of myself but yeah the Osprey definitely was slammed hard. Boggles my mind. It's like the F-35 losing dog fights. Once a fire is lit the embers last forever, and the media has no obligation of being objective. I mean the US army is pretty fucking conservative. If it was a death trap they wouldn't have picked it, and computing power and avionics make flying substantially easier. I'm glad it won. We will see how it plays out.
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  24. Thought the Dutch have the machines to make the wafers. Then ASLM has the lithography and techniques right? While companies in America design the chips and send them to TSCM. I'm glad the US government is working on catching up. I also wonder what other links in the process a state of the art computer parts take in the manifactering. I also wonder what other electronic/instruments the military relies on that simply cannot be created without a solid base. like creating radar and electronic warfare. This is why I foresee cheap, easy to manufacter, drones being the future.
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  25. ​ @benkeller4210  Feel like weapons in general are overcoming advances in armor.
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  26. Yeah I hate these half truths though. It is like saying, "Yeah I beat Mike Tyson in a fight. He couldn't use his arms... Oh and I had brass knuckles but it was just one that weighed 1 pound with no spikes. Dog fighting is dead for 99% of the majority. At first I thought the issues in Vietnam were down to missiles not being advanced and failing which did happen - yet I guess it was actually more to do with the fact that they had to make visual confirmation before engaging leaving all advantages out the window to a more nimble jet. Anyway I hope the war in Ukraine is shows people all targets are vulnerable. Nothing is invincible and history shows that.
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  27.  @iansmith4184  Damn it doesn't look that tall but you're correct. I'm all for the Valor. Screw the naysayers helicopters are on limited time and tilt powdered craft are the future due to things like retreating blade, and supersonic blades. I wonder how tilt rotors deal with vortex ring state. Also I've seen videos of it being pretty nimble and pilots say it's easier to fly than one would think.
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  28. Agreed. Other ways to knock a drone out without risking the pilot and aircraft. Not like the Russians can afford any loses for something so stupid.
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  29. I understood the fued. I understand war as terrible as it is. Yet a country that can produce such monsters in such abundance shall gain no pity from me. These vile creatures whom actions were recorded by their own hands did not spring from thin air. They were given birth, raised, taught, fed, housed, and supported by a culture where it is acceptable for a dominate organization to reign. They were supported, directly, and indirectly. They turned a blind eye, and in their negligence of action allowed this hate to seether until it manifested in what we saw today. I do not believe all cultures are just, "good", or deserve to exist the older i get. 1940s Germany was one of them, and it took the heavy handed strategies of the allies to put a stop for the future of those around them. I do not think the creation of Palestine would make a huge impact. Therfor I will choose the lesser of two evils, because Isreal is not without blame. I just hope Isreal doesn't become worse. Those collateral damage I attribute to Hamas for hiding amongst civilians. It is a terrible situation, and I hope the truly innocent do survive, and get assimilated into other cultures where such hateful rhetoric, and dispicble actions are not encouraged, or ignored. If I was in a Palestinians shoes? Well I wouldn't expect mercy that is for sure, and I wouldn't keep giving strawman arguments on why it was okay or happened... It doesn't matter why it happened, and there is no justification in the world to where it makes it okay to decapitate children. Again not all cultures deserve to exist.
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  30. The AF I think did the right thing by pushing a new design in my opinion. One that didn't have to sacrifice so much for STOL like the F 35. So much technology has advandced since the F 22s inceptlon. At a rate that is mind blowing. Having a new platform ASAP I beleive is the right gamble. The Navy needs to hurry up with their massive interceptor. That thing better be fast as heck, a massive radar, and be able to carry missiles the size of telephone poles at mach 3, hah. (Big missile = more stand off range.). Oh and a lot of range.
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  31.  @johndoe-cd9vt  Do you understand how important weapon systems, sensors, and stealth are? The Raphael would need to swarm one F-22 to beat it. I am not saying that the Raphael is bad. It is capable and cheaper. Politics fuck up the engineers with the military complex. We do need better missiles, air defense, and such things. I keep hearing about this airborne missile carrier since 2005 but it seems it never reaches a prototype.
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  32. Oh we already have that. It is called Flak my man! No idea why we stopped using a proximity fuse for AA. If you want a more high tech version look no further than AHEAD ammo. I think what makes it special is that it explodes in a more uniformed wall of tungsten than normal flak. Instead of having a proximity radar inside the shell for ignition. Each fuse is set as it leaves the barrel by a computer to explode at a predetermined time. Why they felt the need to make it that way is beyond me. I mean the proximity fuse has been around since WWII, and was considered the 3rd most game changing technology. Sometimes I think we think more advanced is better... Anyway I'm all for laser technology yet I think we still need to make point defense systems from The Expanse a reality as well.
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  33.  @ItsJoKeZ  I ask myself. Is a gesture necessary over a touch pad? When I was typing asked myself what is faster and more precice. Being able to quickly look and click, then zoom in and click in VR or on a touch pad? I think a combination of both. Have the seat rotate so say... The bomber is being follow by a squadron of fighters who knows it is in the area yet cannot get a target lock . The CO pilot can quickly turn, click on the nearest threats. Select the weapon, and fire off the required amount in under seconds if quick enough. I'm just tossing ideas. Buttons are very quick. I hope they gave it the capabilities to launch a massive amount of AA missiles. I remember watching Future Weapons or was it a special episode of Dogfights? Anyway it was like nearly 15 years ago, and they were talking about the F 35 sensor array being able to help other platforms. In this case there was F 35s outnumbered and they capped on a Bone that was converted into a missile truck. Using the data link they sent the information and it unloaded over 21 missiles or something . I'm not sure what came of the program to be honest. Ironically I was looking for it the other day but while it has or will be upgraded nothing there called it a missile boat like described.
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  34.  @generalrendar7290  Wonder why RAM are so expensive. They using some type of polymer made out of rhodium and magnetically locked Americium-241 because, fuck it, MERICA !CAW! for extra protection! Haha seriously though. Let's hope that newer Ceramic RAM does what they say it can and not bleed it dry for every penny. The cost per flight hour per aircraft has always been astounding to me.
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  35. I second this. If active control and RDE/RAM engines on the horizon. I actually don't blame them for not going all in on a new fighter that doesn't have these technologies! A jet that flies without the typical flight surfaces would make one hell of a stealth fighter.
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  36. ​ @Jermo7899  This isn't true at all. One - the weather and atmospheric conditions can greatly effect the efficiency of a laser to the point where it will be ineffective at destroying the target in time. Two - as hypersonics become faster and also will eventually have ones that are low flying cruise missiles means a laser system has a lot less time to destroy that target. They aren't instant kills when they hit like Star Wars ya know? You have to be on target until it melts through the missile and damages something important. So there will be a good old fashioned arms race. Lasers will get stronger but bigger and requiring more energy per kill. The more powerful the laser the less time needed to be on target and I am sure we will eventually be networking multiple lasers in a grid or something to be able to focus on one target. Missiles will become faster and faster and probably will benefit from material science and become armored against lasers. Like all armor you sacrifice speed and payload/range for protection. Remember the missile only needs to survive long enough to hit the target. So a terrain following hypersonic missile will have the benefit of being protected by the curative of the earth for much of its flight path unless we start sending lasers into atmosphere which I know we will. Maybe they'll make hypersonic missiles that are like tanks - can't manuever worth a donkeys arse and are super heavy but once flying it takes some explosion of something with mass to bring it down. Add in counter measures like MIRVS and such and it will be a good old fashioned arms race for sure with each system one upping the last. The Navy needs at least a 10mw laser fresken yesterday to protect our giant arse super carriers which will be a large juicy target. Even if we could pump them out training 6,000 men plus the pilots alone is a huge achievement. Takes a lot less effort and resources to create a bunch of hypersonic missiles and launch them over producing a single carrier. Glad we are starting to see the first generation lasers online even though the Styrkers keep getting pushed back for whatever reason but websites say they've been ready. Just a few minor touches... Whatever that means. Anyway hypersonics will not go away any time soon dude i promise you that.
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  37.  @justiron2999  Tanks don't fly out of the sky from a microfracture. You can just get it towed back to base. I think you're replying to my comment on mothballing the older F15s? It has to be worth the cost of maintenance as mothballing does cost money. I personally think there could be better uses for em but I'm just a dude behind a computer. Wish YT would show me what you were replying to.
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  38.  @pioneerventures1737  Sorry. Groton Connecticut. Probably spring 2005. As for size. I couldn't tell you. Either it was massive and high in the air or aircraft size and low to the ground. Since it was a bright night sky I could see the silhouette yet I couldn't get any perspective on size without lying. Only the clouds, stars, trees, and moon could I judge from which aren't great. I still could see the silhouette for much of it before only lights were visible so there is that. So maybe it was large and high up. Still I couldn't be certain. While it was over us it wasn't like Alex story where it was RIGHT there ominously about to scoop me up haha. Thank God my friend already went full X Files afterwards and even tried to say we lost a half hour of time.
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  39. Crazy so many from CT. My friend and I absolutely saw one late at night when he was bringing me home in Groton CT! I saw something and was like huh that has weird lights. You see that? Is that a helicopter? So he stops the car and at the time we are thinking it is coming towards and nearly right above us. Yet after looking for a minute it hasn't moved at all so I tell him to turn off the car. Still nothing! So we get out of the car and it is just floating above us. Now here is the weird thing... We could see the silhouette of it in the shape of a triangle against the night sky. It had three light, and one bigger in the middle that reflected light weirdly - almost like looking at a red marble with an inner light. Yet there was no noise at all on top of it. So that either means the thing was massive and high up in the sky. Or super quiet and low to the ground... So it couldn't be a helicopter as I'm use to them. Anyway we are standing there for five minutes and this was right when cell phones had cameras so it had like 1 mega pixel, haha. He tried though. Anyway then it took off like a bat out of hell. There was no acceleration. Just standing still and full speed. It traveled north about a mile before going over a hill and tree line and then a split second later appeared where the hill dipped heading east over the ocean. With how fast it popped east I doubt it even turned - just a hard right like a upside down L angle. That acceleration and G force would have killed anyone. I only told a few people about the story. Years later an ex I told it to showed me a story about the TR3B and sure enough it is it. Amazes me how so many others seen it. I'm a skeptic yet I cannot deny what I saw. I won't pretend to know what it is or speculate. I just know what both of us saw and know how fast the f***ing thing went and that it was silent. I wish I had something to judge the size or speed of it, but it was a bright night sky with only some clouds. Darker then the night sky though! No sonic boom by the way - complete silence. Again it didn't acceleration not like a rocket. Shot off like a bullet. Total time was probably a bit less then ten minutes. When it was hovering it did absolutely nothing. Just hope it is on my side!
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  40. Maybe we should vote for people who would give us a universal health care system so everyone gets treated, and start regulating insurance companies on over charging for everything. Just a thought.
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  41. I thought it suffered from Vortex Ring State? It was an elite helicopter pilot. It was low visibility. They weren't told as it wasn't in the planning, and then when they went to land they couldn't see them through the optics. Then everyone forgets an other thing... Dust! When a helicopter goes to land dust starts kicking up way before. So yeah I could see the helicopter pilot not seeing a chain link at the last moment. Then the rotor wash of the second helicopter could have played a role maybe? I'm not sure how the mission was actually flown.
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  42. I don't know about that much better handling. I've seen the Valor hovering being pretty nimble. Thought the pilot was losing lift or some shit and was about to run it into the wing into the ground but he was just showcasing its manueverability. In a real combat situation your going to try to come in swiftly, load unload, and get out. It seemed like it could do it just as well and the transition didn't seem to take long. Defiant does have the smaller area to fit into small places, and easier weapon placement. Still curious as how the Valor will be armed. Just some side guns I suppose. Speed is life, and range is always good to have. 1
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  43. Any missile technology is good right now. That missile truck the USAF wants to build will seem viable. Having one plane dropping 60 plus cruise missiles with increased range make it more viable. Of course it will be paired with other aircraft to locate targets. Forgot the name of the units but the Wild Weasels was one.
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  44. Also let us not forget the USAF has the b21s. I like the concept of missile boats. Having a huge stealth aircraft with huge sensors, linking with recon drones, and carrying either a ton of missiles, or more likely huge ones that can out range the enemies. That is a super dangerous combo.
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  45. Can someone explain this to me? I'm out of the loop and the comment is two months old. We need to work on our missile and drone technology, and I know 6th gen is coming up. I wonder if we have stealth missiles yet. The F 35 for sure is underrated, because the senors are the main part. I'm sure we will see in 40 years since the line keeps moving.
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  46. I don't know. Space your open to weapons... Low flying at extreme speeds using the curvature of the earth to strike might be a better option. Either way there will definitely be military space aircraft. I foresee cheap swarms that fly like bats. I'm not fond of the kamikaze personally but that seems to be an other thing. One thing we haven't seen in Ukraine is the use of devastating weapons like the CBU 97. Could you imagine the devastation just a handful of those things could have caused in the beginning of the war? It would have been a blood bath and make a squadron of A 10s seem obsolete (which they pretty much are).
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  47.  @Psych1_-  Yes we thought globalization was the answer. Peace never lasts it seems. The way the military industrial complex sort of merged into a few giant companies is also a huge issue. They are straight up price gouging tax payers. America cannot compete 1:1 against China. They have the resources mostly, and a much bigger population that is educated. They get more bang for the buck too as far as spending goes. Luckily America for the moment has a lot of allies. So we aren't alone. Yet if we don't do our best we will lose.
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  48.  @appa609  I hear you, but not an aircraft. New engines. SCRAM, and Rotating Detonation. Hybrids. Sandboxx released a video a few weeks ago on it.
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  49. Yeah this is stupid. Hope the scientists are fine for doing what they were asked.
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  50. Yeah . Do HARM missiles also target EW weapons? Would help taking out some of Russias EW capabilities since they have been successfull against our GPS guided munitions.
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  51. Theirs are glide hypersonic. Basically ICBMs which we've had for decades technically. Much different then what the US wants. Which is something with a flatter trajectory and flies lower through the atmosphere like a cruise missile. That's the difference and issue.
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  52. I want to see a full test. New weapons on it as well. Like that new hypersonic missile that a F22 can carry or a combination of the newest Naval a2a missile the AMG 174 I believe? It might have 600km or miles worth of range, and is basically the Navies SM6 converted then carried on an aircraft. Imagine how many of those each aircraft can carry! Especially the hypersonic air to ground one. Tiny mofo. You could knock out a fleet of defending aircraft then come into to do a ton of strikes against Chinese radars. In theroy, because I seriously doubt they want to get that close.
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  53.  @chrissmith7669  Yeah probably trippd some servo. I didn't want to read through a huge PDF file on the wire harness and analog computers/servos. Not that I would understand it I'm just a layman and need that shit broken down. Now I'm curious what types of protection against EMF certain helicopters have. Like the workers who use helicopters to get on high voltage lines without shutting off the grid, and other tall objects that generate a shit load of EMF. It is stupid on how such a simple thing can cause such a headache and loss of life.
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  54. For a second I thought you meant the A 12 OxCart. I was like no way that would be suitable for the Navy.
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  55.  @jimmiller5600  Haha yeah especially for those fucking craft. My grandpa worked on them and said they thought they were making some missile or something and was blown away that they added two to it. God I wish I took the time and asked him more about his work. Then again the military back then would experiment with some pretty wild ideas. Would not surprise me if some knucklehead asked engineers to maks it happen. I think today's true lesson is to finish the damn video before typing in comments.
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  56.  @jimmiller5600  Whoa they did a U2? That's funny you said that because I was going to type something along those lines. Hats off to that pilot. The F 35B may have flaws with range and combat load, but that's exactly something it can do well. I can't wait to see how some crafty commander or pilot uses it. "Surprise MOTHA F***A!" I just learned the marine corps also has the C variant which I thought odd. Also curious on how bad the downwash is on the F 35B in VTOL. The Osprey is notorious with ripping shit up.
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  57. F 35a is so cheap for what it gives. It is expensive now to run. Yet the apparatus to maintain it logistically isn't up yet. I think Alex said it wouldn't be ready till 2027. So that price will drop I think. I disagree with Alex too. Simply since you probably need less F 35s to win a war. Therefore by shortening the life of a conflict through air dominance? You can win a war therefore decreasing the overall price of it. The Ukraine war is weird, because Ukraine doesn't have the ability to actual strike Russia where it counts. At home. Hitting the northern refineries, and Russians ability to produce weapons. While the F 35 is able to create corridors for other aircraft, and can deal with defenses better. As for Red Flags. I don't trust them anymore after reading how they change rules of engagement to give people fighting chances. Either way it is a great plane, and perfect for Sweden, and other airforces. I'd still take an F 35 all day long. Especially with Block 4 coming out.
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  58. These shapes! Haha. My friend and I absolutely saw one(tr3b) late at night when he was bringing me home. I saw something and was like huh that has weird lights. You see that? Is that a helicopter? So he stops the car and at the time we are thinking it is coming towards and nearly right above us. Yet after looking for a minute it hasn't moved at all so I tell him to turn off the car. Still nothing! So we get out of the car and it is just floating above us. Now here is the weird thing... We could see the silhouette of it in the shape of a triangle against the night sky. It had three light, and one bigger in the middle that reflected light weirdly - almost like looking at a red marble with an inner light. Yet there was no noise at all on top of it. So that either means the thing was massive and high up in the sky. Or super quiet and low to the ground... So it couldn't be a helicopter as I'm use to them. Anyway we are standing there for five minutes and this was right when cell phones had cameras so it had like 1 mega pixel, haha. He tried though. Anyway then it took off like a bat out of hell. There was no acceleration. Just standing still and full speed. It traveled north about a mile before going over a hill and tree line and then a split second later appeared where the hill dipped heading east over the ocean. With how fast it popped east I doubt it even turned - just a hard right like a upside down L angle. That acceleration and G force would have killed anyone. I only told a few people about the story. Years later an ex I told it to showed me a story about the TR3B and sure enough it is it. Amazes me how so many others seen it. I'm a skeptic yet I cannot deny what I saw. I won't pretend to know what it is or speculate. I just know what both of us saw and know how fast the f***ing thing went and that it was silent. I wish I had something to judge the size or speed of it, but it was a bright night sky with only some clouds. Darker then the night sky though! No sonic boom by the way - complete silence. Again it didn't acceleration not like a rocket. Shot off like a bullet. Total time was probably a bit less then ten minutes. When it was hovering it did absolutely nothing. Just hope it is on my side!
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  59.  @nomercyinc6783  And if you watched the videos he already made a statement saying how he is branching out to voice and talk about other military systems. Jesus. Go look for yourself.
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  60. I thought they are. The Lancer that worked with the F35 too which will be a missile ship.
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  61. ​ @EtFoff Yeah this is the cost of the airframe too which is ridiculous. I mean you don't go buy a car with let's say for 40k and you'll know you get 40k hours out of it. Gas costs 10$ per 60 miles.. You say it costs 10$ per hour and not 14$. Just a little I weird. Also the crew salaries will be getting paid whether you're flying the aircraft or not. Military spending though is in a league of its own.
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  62. Isn't Quicksink just a bomb and not a missile? Think it is similar to a JDAM where you can use mostly any bomb in the inventory and equip it for it to easily target ships which are harder to hit naturally since they constantly move in 3d space. More advanced kill chain or something like that. Not sure what the differences between that and the JDAM are quite honestly so a thorough breakdown which Sanxboxx does best would be great for sure. I mean the freaken JDAM literally has an air to air kill from a F15 Strike Eagle on a Helicopter. How much more accuracy do you need! Also a long video on the old and newest improved Tomahawks that now have the ability to hit ships. I've read in comments that one version of the Tomahawk had the capability to do it like over two decades ago but they removed the feature?! There's just a lot of random information on each iteration of the Tomahawk since its development so a video on it and all the differences, pros and cons would be very interesting. Also after watching videos of the Quicksink being tested I can say with 100% satisfactory guaranteed that the name is perfect, hah.
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  63. That is a good point I didn't think of. Honestly if you have the money then doing it like this is the best option for simulating an aircraft or vehicle. VR is cool for other video games, but if you had the money you'd prefer it this way over some headset for games with aircraft, tanks, cars, etc. I'm honestly surprised they didn't make this sooner... They should have enough for pilots to be training on one daily quite honestly... For all of our jets. Not only would it save money, but it would give them the edge for sure if they are getting 20-30 hours a week in it.
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  64. After witnessing what is happening to helicopters in Ukraine. It makes sense. Besides our war is with China in the pacific. The money would be better used for other projects or keeping new ones updated. That money wasn't wasted. It continues to keep our engineers busy, and in America. That technology will be moved I am sure. Let us face it. Traditional helicopters have reached their physical limits. I don't feel like the Raider X or Defiant were going to be cheap craft or easy to maintain either. Tilt powered craft are the future.
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  65. And our cheese reserves!
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  66.  @triadwarfare  Osprey at least from 2022 had the best saftey record of any VTOL aircraft in current service according to top brass from the USMC. Turns out. Flying VTOL is dangerous. Sure a lot of people are going to die when the aircraft routinely flies with 20 plus people, and something happens. Each crash does suck. As for things like cost or maintenence? Yeah, it was a state of the art aircraft ahead of its time with capabilities beyond any helicopter in terms of speed and range. It also likes to set the landing pad on fire. Both are valid cricitsms. People acting like it is a death sentence being in one however are simply repeating news headline agendas. Or not comparing it to other aircraft like the Blackhawk or Stallion series. The later are more dangerous, and costly for example. Making massive reliable VTOL aircraft is simply hard due to the sheer amount of stress generated from the forces involved. Now that hate is transfering to the V 280 Valor before it even gets put into service. People think all tilt rotor are flying coffins when there is no data to back up those claims.
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  67. Agreed and I'm glad the AF finally doesn't have to waste money trying to make it viable. There is still debate on how effective the gun actually was anyway.. I wouldn't want to do strafing runs when a random infantry can come out from under a rock at anytime, pull a MANPAD out of their arse, and send me to the ground. We can use the money to design drones that can do the job while also being more proficient.
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  68.  @txtworld  Now I can imagine a V-280 putting it on loiter mode while he and the co pilot pick up some guns and shoot out the door haha.
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  69.  @massemiable  Uh that isn't just what stealth is about. Stealth is about limiting radar range, and TARGET LOCK ON like I said. Yet stealth also includes thermal, electric magnetic, visible light, and noise reduction. Anything to hide from identification for as long as possible. I was just saying an other guy said it was really silent for a helicopter. Which would be one hell of a feat to pull off. You do realize F-22s are spotted on radar and tracked all the time right? It is one thing tracking a stealth aircraft, and an other getting a good enough lock on for a kill. It is said the F-22 can be detected at 200 miles (or nm?), but can only be locked on at 20. By then it would launch its payload and retreat.
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  70. @anthonysaponaro6318  What are you mumbling about. People who don't have an actual argument always go back on, "but but freedom"! I love the F-22 but if it was not procured? Do you think the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan would have been any different? Or legacy frames couldn't do the same job? Pesky Chinese Balloons would have showed us if not for the F 22! Eh? (Just playing). Tons of projects were canceled due to cost. The F 22 was in development before the USSR fell. We were smart in canceling that after there were no threats available even though it was the best. Building cannons when pistols are good enough is stupid, and many projects get canceled due the price. Quanity does have quality. Just not on its own.
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  71. What I find ironic is that our issue with scram jets outside of materials is keeping them lit. You'd think humans by now would know how to start a fire, and keep it lit seeing how intrinsic fire is to us. Making fires predates home sapient, and we still haven't mastered it. We are natures pyromanics! You'd think keeping it lit would be easy peazy. Anyway I know it is a lot more complicated. Rotating Detonation Engines will be an amazing leap. I'm excited for them. What is weird is we've had scram jets. We've had hypersonic. Yet we haven't made a production plane since the SR 71. (I do believe we've had a successor that is secret.) Solid video as always.
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  72. Your numbers are way off. Aircraft carriers don't cost 120 Billion dollars. They cost 10 billion. Russia spends 60 plus billion a year on defense and has a GDP of over 1,500,000,000. Maybe under this year due to sanction.
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  73. Yeah I am suprisred how dismissive Alex, and especially the Admiral. First time I heard a general be so blunt. Usually they make the enemy seem like the enemy is superior to try to get more funding. Here he is just like, "They are truly stealth as they don't even show up on our threat radar. Flocks of birds around the runway will cause more damage. The losere." Anyway I prefer us not to underestimate our enemies. China was hiring ex pilots, and stealing any information they can get. Yet most importantly they have their hands on super computers along with AI. I imagine it is a lot easier to make iterations with them. It doesn't have to be better than ours to be dangerous. Just good enough, and who knows how fast China will be able to make a fleet.
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  74. Should be called SRS 2033 by the time it comes out! (S for strike at the end.)
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  75. Hear me out. How about. We negate this range tug of war. By putting Personal Defense Cannons on air craft. Essentially a turret that can shoot down missiles, much like a trophy system. Yet with guns. We do have the tech to do it. If we could find people smart enough to combine the sensors, a turret accurate and reactive enough. Combine the turret with proximity ammo with a uniform spread. (Like the AHEAD ammo Germany makes.) We have smart bullets that can change trajectory. Why not. Bam. Have aircraft with turrets that can pop out, shoot down missiles, and pop back in. This system already needs to be made against drones for tanks and helicopter ASAP. Literally every branch of the military would benefit immensely from that technology. We need to do it. We already are sort of making it for lasers.
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  76.  @spartanonxy  You're thinking too big mate. Think helicopter turret size. We already had planes with turrets in the past. F15ex has been known to have over 12 missiles. Technically 22 structurally max according to Boeing. We definitely could design a turret that is aerodynamic when not in use or one to fit in a weapon bay, or wing that conforms with the aircraft. With modifications of course, and not for every aircraft. Like an F 35 wouldn't be able to have one plus offensive weapons at the same time. Yet it could fly in a squadron with one defending the others. Or a drone wingman with them. No it would not be simple. Yes it means less missiles. Yet it also would mean you could defend yourself. Missiles are pretty sensitive during flight. When AHEAD ammo explodes it sends the tungsten fragments in a uniform pattern covering a wider area. A flak PDC using it would create a temporary wall of tungsten with a high probability of damaging the missile enough to miss. You use the missiles kinetic energy against it. PDCs will be the future. Mark my words. For ground vehicles and some air. I think some are already working on it. I hope China isn't. It is worth pursuing. Even if it is just against slower stuff.
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  77.  @appa609  You know what? It was GE. Not Boeing. I kept thinking last night that I was wrong so I looked for the video today. Don't know why I kept thinking Boeing. Anyway, my bad. ! I'm excited for those engines though. They will be game changing if they can get them to work. Rotating Detonation after burners, and hybrids with SCRAM/RAM.
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  78. Don't forget engines. We are on the cusp of both ram jets, and better - rotating detonation engines. So add in new engines, AI, and I'm sure new stealth materials. So I'm sure they are incorporating all of it. I feel like one huge advancement is behind the scenes with powerful hardware and software allowing design iterations to go much faster than even ten years ago. Arsenal ship here we come!
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  79. Thought he said he would be doing Ground Power or something like that. Can't wait for that and hope the reporting is just as informative and unbiased as Air Power is! Anyway yeah I will take all the content from Sandboxx. Hands down my favorite military channel that isn't super biased towards either side.
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  80. No it makes perfect sense for a stop gap. With technology moving so fast it might not make sense to make orders for 2k airframes just to have them out dated in five to ten years. Not like upgrading airframes is cheap. We are spending a fortune doing it. We are on the verge of Hypersonic and RDE (engines). We are on the verge of aircraft that use no flight surfaces that will help stealth designs immensely. Forgot the name. Air to air seems to be highly dependent on who detects who first, and can reach out further. Which means big sensors, and a big interior bay for larger missiles. A war against China means we need extra range. You can't fit that into a fighter. So I've been questioning wouldn't it be amazing if the B21 took over as a missile boat for a2a. We know if has great sensors as it's job is also for recon, stealth signature, and large enough bay to carry missiles. It could literally dominate a2a along with something like the F 35. (Ya know if it can target and fire at multiple aircraft using the F 35 sensors. Or a recon drones. ) Anyway I think the AF is pushing for autonomous aircraft. Where manned aircraft are there as directors if you will. We don't have enough pilots. Think 600 short at the moment. So having drones to fight China who has a massive population advantage is paramount. So I think this is the future for sure. Long gone are the dog fights of the past or need for insane agility.
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  81. Was it? Out of all the technologies I wish we could declassify short of the TR3B which I've also seen back in 2007ish in Groton CT with a friend which was stupid silent and this. Also the TR3B was incredibly fast - zero to near supersonic in a blink of an eye. No sonic boom, which makes me wonder if they do have some noise canceling technology, or somehow they fly with a pitch outside of human hearing. You're the first to say it was super quiet. So now you really piqued my interests! Always wondered how stealthy they are. When I first heard of a stealth helicopter I thought it was the dumbest concept ever to be honest. Helicopters as we know it are going to go obsolete in the next few decades anyway, or should since they are hitting theroitcal limits. Maybe get a few more like the new small scout helicopter, but that is it. Tilt powdered aircraft are superior.
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  82. ​ @djoswald9128 That or they can function in a Hz range outside of human hearing. Would be cool if they could send or project waves to cancel out certain sounds ahead of something. I've seen the TR3B with a friend. Thing was completely silent! It also took off like a bullet - no acceleration. Seemed like it basically hit super sonic, but no boom. While I didn't see the turn it must have banked at a right angle as it was only out of sight for a split second. It all happened in seconds just about. Years later one of my exes I told the story to freaked out, and asked me if that is what we saw since it fit the description. Sure enough it is. I was shocked when I saw Sandboxx of all places freaken reporting on it! Let alone Alex seeing it. Only place I completely trust with information and no propaganda.
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  83.  @DUKE_of_RAMBLE  aren't both AMD and Intel expanding massively in the US on top with FABs while locking in some newer machines from ASLM PLUS TSCM? It is why China is so angry. I wonder what are the majior companies who make the parts and tools that those two juggernauts use. I am a layman and only recently had these companies brought to my attention and it's interesting. No one ever thinks about the physical aspects of chip manufacturing but only software. I can't find any easy digestible reads on the ground up on how logic gates can make a video game. Trying to learn on architecture and the therotical possibilities of that.
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  84. Add me to the list. My friend and I absolutely saw one late at night when he was bringing me home. Groton CT! I saw something and was like huh that has weird lights. You see that? Is that a helicopter? So he stops the car and at the time we are thinking it is coming towards and nearly right above us. Yet after looking for a minute it hasn't moved at all so I tell him to turn off the car. Still nothing! So we get out of the car and it is just floating above us. Now here is the weird thing... We could see the silhouette of it in the shape of a triangle against the night sky. It had three light, and one bigger in the middle that reflected light weirdly - almost like looking at a red marble with an inner light. Yet there was no noise at all on top of it. So that either means the thing was massive and high up in the sky. Or super quiet and low to the ground... So it couldn't be a helicopter as I'm use to them. Anyway we are standing there for five minutes and this was right when cell phones had cameras so it had like 1 mega pixel, haha. He tried though. Anyway then it took off like a bat out of hell. There was no acceleration. Just standing still and full speed. It traveled north about a mile before going over a hill and tree line and then a split second later appeared where the hill dipped heading east over the ocean. With how fast it popped east I doubt it even turned - just a hard right like a upside down L angle. That acceleration and G force would have killed anyone. I only told a few people about the story. Years later an ex I told it to showed me a story about the TR3B and sure enough it is it. Amazes me how so many others seen it. I'm a skeptic yet I cannot deny what I saw. I won't pretend to know what it is or speculate. I just know what both of us saw and know how fast the f***ing thing went and that it was silent. I wish I had something to judge the size or speed of it, but it was a bright night sky with only some clouds. Darker then the night sky though! No sonic boom by the way - complete silence. Again it didn't acceleration not like a rocket. Shot off like a bullet. Total time was probably a bit less then ten minutes. When it was hovering it did absolutely nothing. Just hope it is on my side regardless of whatever it is.
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  85. Not just better range. It will be like the Tomcat I suppose or other interceptors. Massive, fast, and larger payload both internally and externally so they can carry some truly massive missiles. Agile? Just enough but I think they'll go big on being fast and efficient first and use other methods like thrust vectoring for maneuverability. I'm not convinced that a gun is necessary TBH. Missile and computer technology has improved. When was the last air to air gun kill? 1980? A-10 against a helicopter? Oh and I'm sure they'll want a lot of extra power. Especially if lasers for defense are actually going to become a thing. EW warfare is one thing I cannot speculate on. This thing after all isn't just going to be a fighter unless they are going to use the F35Cs and Bs for strike missions.
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  86.  @johndoh5182  I hear that AWACs is the coach. F 35 is a QB. The F 22 AND B 21 are WRs.
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  87. I do not think we do have anything better, that is reliable. If it was as good as Alex is making it I think the AF would have picked it. Like someone high up in brass told a reporter. Would you rather get one hypersonic or 100 regular stealth cruise missiles, along with decoys? Which is a valid point. The military shouldn't care about vanity on making the fastest for the sake of being the fastest. They need to make the most cost effective weapons, that get the job done. I'm not sure how often you need to destroy the target ASAP quite honestly. Personally I thought this was an air to air missile which made sense. Yet I know it is hard to make targeting systems at those speeds. Something about the atmosphere around a hypersonic vehicle causing interference with any signals. Personally I think range is the most important thing. Hitting the enemy before they can hit you is the way to go.
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  88. Honestly I don't believe that for a second. Everything fails. I have seen it, but won't sit here and say it was aliens. Anyway maybe aliens don't give a rats ass about staying hidden. I won't pretend to know what I saw and I definitely won't pretend to know it's purpose or motivations. I just know the thing I saw made no noise. Didn't accelerate. Went from hovering for five minutes to over the horizon nearly faster then my friend and I could track. Before making a directional change right as it hit the horizon to head east over the ocean. I couldn't see the turn for that second it went over but it seemed like it made an L shape turn before finally setting off towards the ocean never to be seen by me or my friend again.
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  89. @JacobSmith-xo8sm Damn so it was massive then. Yeah, with it being night time? It was crazy to seethe silhouette on an aircraft making no noise! Then once it took off with zero acceleration? I was flabbergasted. I didn't really believe in any UFO. Man made or otherwise. Still don't know what to make of it honestly. Pretty fair to say was in denial. I'm so glad my friend was with me to see it. How long ago was this for you anyway? What is crazy is we don't have any modern videos of it. Now that we can actually get pictures or videos with zoom at night time! Maybe whatever it is? It is more careful.
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  90.  @kameronjones7139  I bet just as overhyped as the "insurmountable" 400. With the crap talking out of the way I know if it a system you don't want to be flying against. What is crazy about Russian AA missiles is how large the fuckers things are. They remind me of an ICBM. Now if we can take out their EW too that would be great. I'm not sure how many Russia has though, but they are jamming our munitions and throwing them off a considerable amount.
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  91. I seriously hope the B 21 can do air to air. Maneuvering on a dime isn't important. Having huge sensors, and being able to see the enemy before they see you using stealth, and out ranging them. Is the only foreseeable way America will win. We cannot out produce a country triple our size. A country who can make their citizens do whatever they want. Who can pay less on everything from wages to benefits. I don't have high hopes for Trump to make any global pacts, or have any political tact at all. In fact quite the opposite. He will weaken our alliances. So unless we are smarter. Or lucky. We seriously need to figure out if the future war will be cheap drones, which we are behind, or expensive platforms with exquisite performance that stomps everything. What we need is a bigger budget suitable for a cold war damn it. Why have Republicans gone from Cold War Warriors to licken a (Russians) Putins boots. We are screwed. I don't have faith in our politicans nor our military industrial complex to do anything, but milk, and get rich first amongst all else. Even to the detriment of the future. Or Americas place in the world.
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  92. Yup. We see it in the Ukarine war when Russia had a huge advantage and was stopped due to it (add in underestimating Ukarinin resistance ). It's why Americas military is the best in the world. Other countries may have comparable weapons and systems but they don't have the logistical capabilities relative to America. I was just reading a conversation with German and British soldiers. They said that's one thing their respective countries need to work harder on instead of relying on America. I guess they were impressed with how quickly US would move large amounts of supplies.
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  93. Practice what you preach. I'll ask you one more time. What happened to the fucking last six cookies? Hmmm? HMMM? 🤔
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  94. Wait till Rapid Dragon improves. Will be able to take out a squadron of aircraft with F 35s giving data. Not just that. Maybe one day they will be able to take out say a squadron, and send ground attack missiles at aircraft on the runways at the same time. War is going to be dicey. No one is going to trust any transport plane.
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  95. GIVE them point defense turrets from the Expanse damn it! Turret stays hidden. Missle locks. F 35 picks it up. Pilot turns belly into missile if need be. Turret opens up from the bay. Shoots down missile with 25mm cannons. Retracts.
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  96. They did a U 2. Landed it too I believe which is insane. Also they put a F 35B on a Zumwalt I guess haha! Seriously why not use the JTAO systems. Rockets are reliable and cheap so I never understood why we don't create some reusable rockets for STOL.
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  97.  @fatdoi003  Nah they are building new F-15EX. Keyword is building as the older frames reach their service life. (Wonder if we mothball them because theoretically they may still be able to be fixed? Keep parts still able to be used? Sell them to desperate countries? Scrap?)
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  98.  @justiron2999  Yeah or sell them to countries that are willing to have older airframes and possibly recycle the money for an other aircraft. Give them to the USMC haha. I have read we cannot recreate the B1-b pivot joint. I call pure BS on that. I bet we could do better even with newer production and material processes. It's a shame that beauty is going though as now the closest thing to a low altitude supersonic bomber is our strike fighters. Then again maybe we don't need super heavy bombers at all with prescicion guided weapons and Bombs like the CBU. Project Mayhem is in the works and I've read the AF is considering a program for the F16.
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  99.  @robertrider1251  Why?
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  100. ​ @divermike8943 Well yeah. Who knows. I just wanna say I say a verifiable UFO with a friend. I will save you the story. I seen the same thing as Alex here did actually, in Connecticut no less. Anyway when my friend and I saw it there were no cell phones with good cameras. Especially at night. Long story short it hovered for a few minutes before taking off over the horizon, popping back up seen cutting right towards the ocean. It had like no acceleration. My friend for the next month called me at all times of the night asking me to look X direction of the sky. Ugh it was annoying. I had to be like dude I can hear the rotors it is a helicopter. Or be like that is definitely an airliner. Anyway just was saying paranoia is real when it comes to these things. While we both did see something crazy. We haven't seen an other since. First one was unexplainable for being silent while hovering before taking off like a bullet. All the other ones clearly were traditional aircraft. What I seen is known as the Tr3b. Found out years later online! Use to be a common UFO. Alex saw that shit right above him. Answered the question myself friend and I didn't know. If it was big high up or small down low. Turns out it is simply massive.
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  101.  @chrissmith7669  I think I get the gist. Have a link on the issue? So the wire harness is where all the wires that control the stabilizer were vulnerable to electric magnetic waves? Why did it do cause a short or just trigger some mechanical servo? You would think military aircraft would be epecially fortified against any type of electrical radiation. One of things that I did learn about this article is that this is the first ground up aircraft to be deigned using fly-by-wire. I forget how old our systems are how quickly technology has developed. They did update it to be Fly By Wire I guess in 2011.
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  102.  @jtjames79  I can see something sort of happening in the future for a parachute. Think more Titanfall esque falling that could cushion a fall to 10mph along with a wing suit. Using it in a pinch to actually fly for short bursts or use it to go up steep terrain at slower power. Waiting on all these new battery technologies that are supposedly going to revolutionize the world. Energy density is the biggest issue by far.
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  103. CIA does it too. You can't track everything 100%. Especially when price is a premium. Now they should investigate any leaks and help federal investigators. Be very cooperative in following breadcrumbs. I mean our tech probably already has fallen into their hands captured in theatre and fenced. Edit (Bad grammar)
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  104. ​ @mephisto2812 China doesn't pay government officials. Of course there is corruption. The Communist party isn't know for fair politics is it? I've heard about it from people who left China. Asian media as well. It feels like an open secret along with the shoddy construction. It feels like an open secret. You gotta earn points with the CCP, don't ya? I don't want to be responsible for you getting Tianamin Squared. So good luck.
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  105. Also with RDE/ram hybrid engines. Or even just an RDE engine on the horizon? Or having the technology that allows no flight surfaces, allowing for better stealth (Active flow?) Either way congress needs to stop just trying to screw each other over. Americans need to realize one reason that inflation is so bad is due to America losing dominance. All these conflicts are killing trade, and we NEED a strong military to keep the New World Order running. (After WWII) We did it during the Cold War. We can do it now. Canceling this fighter will leave us vulnerable unless they are confident they can replace it quickly. (Yeah right)
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  106.  @jamesgornall5731  Agreed and my thoughts exactly. I feel like super carriers are going the same way too unless the Navy gets those 500kw to 1MW lasers into play. However I do see active protection systems being more advanced and complimenting armor for the next decade or so. Armor will be about protection against shrapnel and explosions or smaller arms. Yet the era of a tank just being a juggernaut is probably surpassed now. I'd still love to see what a modern Maus or Tank Destroyer would be like though! How much armor would it require for it to be nearly impenetrable from anything a soldier or other MBT. Issue is the roads. We maybe able to make heavier tanks but roads and bridges are already a significant issue for tanks like the Abraham's. No point in having any tank if you can't move it no matter how slow.
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  107. I mean you had the Cobra and Spooky ya know?
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  108. It will help. However it will take a hell of a lot more! We need more tankers and more importantly superior AWACs! For both the Navy and the Airforce if we are to compete. It will be real interesting what would happen if they actually did invade. Would they start attacking airbasis in Japan, Phillipines, South Korea, and other allied countries? We definitely need more for less. We are losing badly on the manufacturing part which is why we need to be smart.
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  109. ​ @perryallan3524 The J58 is not more advanced than the f119. First off the f22s has 40% more thrust at 35% reduced weight. That is amazing. It is way more efficenf at the lower flight envelopes. Secondly the engine has both thermal, and EM stealth. Is thrust vectoring. More durable, reliable, and can handle anything the F22 pilot throws it the entire flight envelope. It doesn't leak. Focusing on stealth is the reason why we do not have hybrid engines in a fighter. Up until recently stealth materials could not handle the higher heats, and pressures at those speeds. Also then the Cold War ended.. we didn't really need super expensive, advanced, spy planes to spy on some goat herders hiding in caves. So would I say the j58 was a greater miracle of design for its time? Yes. They were geniuses with what tools they had. Yet the f119 is much more advanced overall. I wonder why we never had pulse engine planes really.
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  110. Conventional skeets? So it is a cruise missiles and not a drone correct? Says it's nuclear and the 177c is conventional but doesn't state what type of warhead. Something about skeets is terrifying but insanely awesome. Especially CBU 97! It's incredible that one bomb can do so much damage. The entire design is genius.
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  111.  @lightspeedvictory  Wikipedia! There are three variants. Very little information on it though.
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  112. Yeah it makes them suprisingly accurate. Great for the 1970s, but the question is what about now when a ballistic computer can calculate on fly while flying! It is a limiting factor if you can also get nearly as precise with a fully rotating turret. Then you can shoot at any angle basically.
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  113. @duidave4737 The reason they charge so much is do to insurance companies fixing the price mate. The way they negotiate the fees on what costs what. Hospitals do play a role, but not as big as you think. Thehe doctors or staff have no say. The massive effin conglomerates do who run the place, and are for profit. A hospital can't say we will charge this much for X, Y, and Z. The problem is health care is for profit. Also the bills you see aren't the actual price people are billing. Even you can just argue your price of the bill down significantly. Just literally be like I'm not paying that. I can work with you, and pay blah blah. I've known people who knocked their price down to 40% of the original bill on their own.
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  114. Russia was launching our stuff into space. Their nukes are still good as we use to had people checking them out. You guys underestimating our enemy is a good way to be suprised. Guys are the true reason why our military has some issues. We can't sit back on our laurels, and take Russia, and especially China as inferior in every metric.
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  115.  @lindapowell117  People always forget about our submarines that are hopefully prowling somewhere close by. I know each group has at least one. The section of oceon from the Persian Gulf to Alaska/Russia must have at least a dozen at one time crawling with them and allies. Makes me wonder how many of our subs are on active duty patrolling at any given moment. And how many submarines of all nations are in the oceon playing hide and seek or actively pinging cruise boats haha. Has to be over 100.
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  116.  @generalrendar7290  Also ships are moving in 3 demensions and carriers move extremely fast so any hiccup in that kill chain even for a fraction of a second may lead the missile to completely miss. That's because I believe the hypersonic missiles now are boost phase only and glide on the way down. The US hypersonic missiles in development are more like cruise missiles from what I've read. Still hard to shoot down I guess but I'm not exactly sure why that is? Then again I am nobody and I don't understand why many of our anti air guns and missiles are kinetic kill instead of some type of directional proximity fuse explosive. Surely a cloud of flak would be easier to hit everything from small drones to hypersonic missiles. Hell why not create a bird shot style gun firing 3,000 rounds that have thousands of tungsten pellets or something. (Obviously for last moment defense.) I know Sky Shield uses AHEAD ammo but the US uses HE or armor piercing. PS correct me if I am wrong about the hypersonic missiles.
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  117.  @MrTornadoman97  Yup and I hope the Army made sure to not go cheap when it comes to sensors controlling the flight computer and it is as redundant as Bell claims. The thing can fly it's self already which I did not know. I shouldn't be surprised. Large foot print, weapon placement, and the fact it cannot auto rotate (huge amount of discussion on this topic. Some say tilt rotors can, and some say it's better to try to glide it down. Ill leave that to the experts.) At least it can glide though! I think the superior range and speed make up for it. Speed is going to be life.
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  118. No. Why we keep doubting China just to have them prove us wrong over and over is beyond me. Don't underestimate your opponents. This is a very bad time to do and continue slacking. We need to expect our defense companies to actually do more for less honestly if we stand a chance. The DoD really needs to start funding these small starts ups who aren't out there purely for stock holders.
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  119. Why do we spend so much on fighters... I don't understand our obsession. Long gone are the days of 1,000s of aircraft in the huge swarms until drone Swarms with AI become a thing. I am glad we are not sitting on our laurels but why not invest in some other airframes. Rapid Dragon I think it's called seems like a cool concept. How about a new A10. A cheap armored tank that can loiter and support troops. I saw a video of a gunship concept that was interesting. Think of a decently sized aircraft that can rain 155mm shells miles out of view using balastic computers to aim. Why use shells? Cost. It would have the ability to loiter a hundred miles out and fire at sectors and could get to hotspots in a jiff. Rugged enough to be near front line strips, simple to maintain, and nothing fancy. Just literally a flying artillery piece. Pair it with a recon drone and watch sectors go to hell.
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  120. I seen a crafts silhouette at night with my friend that hovered there silently for about 5 minutes. Enough for us to stop the car, notice it wasn't making a noise although we could see the silhouette at night! Anyway it was a triangle shape with three whitish feint lights on the ends, and a black reflector reddish light in the middle. We thought it was a helicopter, but couldn't hear it. Yet again could see the outline. Anyway after trying to take a photo of it with 2006 cell phone tech (lol). It finally flew off. That thing flew off like it was fired from a gun. It had basically zero acceleration, before vanishing over a hilll with trees miles away. Far enough to make me turn my head following it, and then popping back out heading east over the horizon towards the ocean. Now I won't begin to say what it was. All I know is it hovered in places for minutes, it was silent and people cannot handle that type of accerlation. It flew faster than videos of missiles. I will not say it was this or that. Just telling you all what I saw. Hope I get to know what it was before I die or a solid video.
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  121. Have Elon Musk make a smaller reusable rocket and module platform for testing purposes. Think of it as a blank canvas you can relatively easily mod and is recoverable and refuelable. Doesn't need to land standing up or nothing fancy. Play on his ego and I bet he would bite.
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  122. Probably attempted to shoot it down but how would it even lock on? No normal signatures IIRC. It would be like a cave man trying to destroy a tank honestly. Just
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  123. I've seen a black triangle UFO with my friend in Groton CT. We were driving at night and saw it, and I was like what is that. We stopped looking for my wallet and there it was above us just hovering. It had a light in the middle and I could see the shilloutte against the night sky. Which is weird because that either meant it was extremely large since I could see the shape of it, but that meant it was also super quiet. Helicopters are loud AF and planes don't hover for a few a minute and this thing was just hovering over us for a few minutes. Then it accelerated instantly north wnd was almost over the horizon in seconds and banked east towards the ocean. No pilot could survive Gs like that. I don't know what it was and I wish cellphones had good cameras back then. (This was before Iphones). The light reminded of someone shining a light through a red marble. It was in the middle. I don't know what it was but I know I wasn't crazy. Nothing I know is that silent, and fast.
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  124. Whoa I knew we had the capability to do so. Never knew we did it that early though. Thanks! Thought the one with the AEGIS was the first, but maybe just the first of it's kind. Thought we (US) were going to test a new ASAT or that we shot down one in the past two years. I don't know but I guess it was just some satelite company guy tell America to stop doing it even though we did it twice... I might not when of how it will start but I bet money during WW3 will see military satelites getting destroyed and fucking things up for generations.
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  125. So they canceled the programm isn't the B1-Bgetting upgrade like it soon? I keep hearing different things about the F16 and B1-B getting some massive upgrades and then saying nope.
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  126. Yeah never understood why they didn't design an attack aircraft for that specific purpose. I want to say maybe we did with the Sky Warden but I don't think that has enough payload or loiter time.
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  127. Don't know why they didn't go back to it with the Raptor. People forget there was a lot more in the choice on why it wasn't picked. Now it's become a meme as ThE BeST FiaGHtAH!
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  128. They have definitely failed. Now however I think war has iust changed a lot... As I'm typing this? I just saw videos pointing out Ukraine has tried attacking and it did not go well. Over 100 vehicles confirmed destroyed from video it seems in the last week from a multiple attacks. I honestly stopped watching the video as it was depressing. I don't need that shit today but it did not look good. NATO dropped the ball - too little too late and Russia had all the time in the world to dig in and fortify... Blah. Hope I'm wrong. Cheers guys.
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  129. A model would have been awesome honestly. Can't believe how much speed it has over the b1. I thought the military already had plans converting the b1 into a missile boat to work in conjunction with other aircraft? Saw that on future weapons over a decade ago...
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  130. In Connecticut around 2006, when flip phones with crappy cameras were still a thing. Just like Alex, a friend and I saw the Tr3-B at 11pm at night time. It caught my eye, because we could see the silhouette in the sky, hovering, but no noise. I had my friend turn off the car engine. Nothing. It had 3 lights on the corner, and a weird reddish one in the middle. Reminded me of a red marble reflecting light out. It hovered for about 5 minutes plus one or minus before just heading off like a bullet with nearly no acceleration. Went north over the horizon in seconds, before popping out east a second later. No human can take those Gs! That was what really made us think WTF. It is very difficult to judge sizes high up in the air at night. So it wasn't till Alex released his story before I realized it was actually big, and high up. I sort of thought it was, but could never confirm. It could have been small, and completely silent. It is crazy both Alex, my friend and I saw it in Connecticut. Not sure if our timelines were similar. Anyway I type this to just hope that was one of ours, lol. I personally not jumping to conclusions like my friend did. Whatever it was I hope it was America's. I also hope no human was in that aircraft, because my god. It just seemed to whizz off more than fly off. The turn/bank from North to East must've been like a right angle!
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  131. Wonder why we dropped the Super Sonic strategic bomber. I saw a video of a new Russian super Sonic bomber concept but think that was made up because I can only find information on the PAK-DA. I guess we are leaning on loitering using stealth to reduce detection range with stand off weapons. Or the AF and other countries are waiting for hypersonic aircraft to be ready in the next few decades.
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  132. In Groton CT? My friend and I absolutely saw one late at night when he was bringing me home. I saw something and was like huh that has weird lights. You see that? Is that a helicopter? So he stops the car and at the time we are thinking it is coming towards and nearly right above us. Yet after looking for a minute it hasn't moved at all so I tell him to turn off the car. Still nothing! So we get out of the car and it is just floating above us. Now here is the weird thing... We could see the silhouette of it in the shape of a triangle against the night sky. It had three light, and one bigger in the middle that reflected light weirdly - almost like looking at a red marble with an inner light. Yet there was no noise at all on top of it. So that either means the thing was massive and high up in the sky. Or super quiet and low to the ground... So it couldn't be a helicopter as I'm use to them. Anyway we are standing there for five minutes and this was right when cell phones had cameras so it had like 1 mega pixel, haha. He tried though. Anyway then it took off like a bat out of hell. There was no acceleration. Just standing still and full speed. It traveled north about a mile before going over a hill and tree line and then a split second later appeared where the hill dipped heading east over the ocean. With how fast it popped east I doubt it even turned - just a hard right like a upside down L angle. That acceleration and G force would have killed anyone. I only told a few people about the story. Years later an ex I told it to showed me a story about the TR3B and sure enough it is it. Amazes me how so many others seen it. I'm a skeptic yet I cannot deny what I saw. I won't pretend to know what it is or speculate. I just know what both of us saw and know how fast the f***ing thing went and that it was silent. I wish I had something to judge the size or speed of it, but it was a bright night sky with only some clouds. Darker then the night sky though! No sonic boom by the way - complete silence. Again it didn't acceleration not like a rocket. Shot off like a bullet. Total time was probably a bit less then ten minutes. When it was hovering it did absolutely nothing. Just hope it is on my side!
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  133.  @castlevina8425  Hey I don't understand what you are saying... Can you repeat that, mate? Hope you watched the animated show of Castlevania. Legendary.
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  134.  @F15ElectricEagle  Is it informative or speculation. Do we even know the exact specs. I don't disbelief why the F22 wasn't on Carriers. Yet there is absolutely so much misinformation. I had to argue that many planes have a tail hook JUST in case for an emergency landing. Anyway I appreciate the reply. I'm just trying to be informed, and GS confused me.Thanks mate. Edit I meant on YT. I'm ignorant myself, and try to get multiple sources ya know?
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  135. Better be on schedule as they've had it running for quite some time. Still surprised they didn't increase speed or something but I guess that's easier said than done. Wonder if it will have a different engine. Thought the Army was going to use their new engine from the ITEP program.
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  136. If we could get metal air batteries to work we would have some. Lithium air has the same energy density as kerosene. Well like 1,000 watts less. It has 12,300 watts per KG. Now for reference a Tesla battery pack is sitting at 240-280 watts per KG. So if we get even 50% of that. I think we could have a useful battery. Mind you it would still need to have to be able to charge it every 24 hours. Yet still. Imagine a true style power armor for short airborne assaults. By the way. An other technology we need is a small jet pack that only is powerful enough to act like a parachute. I think we could do that. Incredibly small pack that allows SF to literally drop from the sky from any aircraft, and hit the floor running. Get some Titan Fall pilots before exoskeletons.
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  137.  @OneBotsman  First exos will be powered frames, with a kitted helmet with optics. First will basically an exoskeleton that allows you to carry more with less exhaustion over distances. Then start increasing strength and speed while adding armor. Hopefully exo skeleton armor would be modular. Be able to put bigger plates on the front to protect you up to 14.7mm. Mission dependent. That would be super nice to have in an inner city conflict while on the offensive! (Or SF missions.) Lack of a solid power source is the problem! We definitely can make it happen with todays tech if we had something that could power it. I am hoping all this EV and robot research trickles to exoskeletons. If you can make a robot. You can make an exo.
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  138.  @hansybarra  Feel like ma¹terial science is definitely holding other fields in a lot of areas from batteries, rail guns to defense! I hear about new material break throughs that never leave the labs. Come on where's my ultiantium armor that can absorb a 50 cql and cushion my butt. Why can't I roll up my phone, or fix my damaged car with a heat gun! Come on!
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  139. Sad we are giving up on a low altitude super sonic penetrating bomber. Maybe they just want to wait for hypersonic bombers first. This gunship would have been awesome go see. I wonder if they gave up the missile truck idea because I keep seeing different crap about it.
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  140. Sadly as much as I really want an airplane rocking a 155mm fully turreted gun sniping bitches from 100 miles away with advanced ballistic computers, and raining hell?! I gotta say the best use is definitely a cruise missile carrier to destroy CCP navies apparently massive fleet of Junks. Fly right above the water to avoid radar for as long as possible, possibly with a ton of decoys, and fire off cruise missiles. Hitting targets of significant value. Hell I'm pretty sure it can come from the north pole if refueled, and go through Russia to hit China! Oh God I would love to see that, although it would probably not be wise... It would be a huge "fuck you ya fake commies!" I still want to see a tank turret on a damn aircraft. Gut an Osprey, Cobra style, and put the Abraham Xs 120mm which I guess is half the weight of the m256 120mm.
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  141. ​ @havoxaerthis7904 So hypersonic vehicles create a sheathe of plasma around them, which absorbs radar signals, regardless of material of the actual missile. I think they also absorb radio, and GPS. Ironically that same heat and plasma that would make them otherwise very stealthy also makes them light up like a comet to other forms of detection! There will be a trail of heat. So stealth really won't be a strength, sort of. I can see a hypersonic missile that cruises stealthily till at a specific moment before accelerating. It will be an interesting arms race to say they least. I still think missiles and guns will be the better option against hypersonic. Lasers for everything else. Need to start making 120mm naval guns that fire at 200rpm, sending guided flak.
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  142.  @aboutwhat1930  For sure. Ukraine isn't asking for man power. Just give them weapons. Test weapons except for our electronic warfare stuff. The way I see it. Never in the world since I've been alive has our military budget or weapons been put to such good use as they have been in Ukraine. Dollar for dollar we are getting the deal of a generation. They are bleeding Russia dry with so many disadvantages. It is insane how well they've done honestly. I actually don't understand why Republicans support Isreal as much as Ukraine. What happened to that party? They've completely lost their collective minds since Obama became president. They want to cozy up to Putin who would like nothing else better than to destroy America or weaken us. It is wild. Reagan and Nixon must be rolling in their graves. I will take a Nixon clone please. Even someone like Reagan as far as military spending went.
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  143.  @jjjr.1186  I didn't say China had more resources. I said they have enough resources with the exception of oil. They have rare earths locked down at the moment. Most of what you said is true. Like I said China will over match us in the future at this rate. Look at the rate they are pumping out platforms to counter us. It isn't even comparable at all. The number of stealth jets will over take us soon, and you realize that right? Their supply chains are efficent. Purposed built. Ours are not, and scattered. Our Military industrial Complex is inefficient compared to theirs. Especially when they keep stealing designs. Again the cost parity IS leagues different. Ours is focused on profit. Nickle and diming us. Chinas is focused on production. They are pumping out versions of their own much faster for less, period. It doesn't have to be better. Just good enough or not trash. War is a also a numbers game, especially when you have to cross an ocean to attack. The CCP can swivel on a dime. Force workers to do what they want without bureaucracy. They are not spending billions in military conflicts over seas. Much of our weapons goes to our allies. They have over a billion more people. Their schools are expanding, and are doing better. I'm sorry, but it is people like you who underestimate China, and the reason we will lose. They are catching up fast. If their long range missiles perform as they claim. Then US carriers can't even attack China without being vulnerable to getting hit themselves. US power is waining, because we aren't focused. China for all its woes does not have this issue. They are catching up very very very fast. I give it ten years, especially when our companies care more for profit then anything else.
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  144. ​ @ElderWillows What is crazy is the YF 23 had even better stealth than the F 22. Wait till maybe not sixth gen but seventh with X 65 technology that allows an aircraft to fly using no flaps or physical flight surfaces. Basically just flying with compressed air or I guess electrical pulses with multiple thrusters around the aircraft. No idea how an electrical pulse can work that way. I think it was about super heating the air. Add RDE (rotating detonation engines)? The future will be wild.
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  145.  @Shadowboost  So around 320ships instantly sunk. Let us even cut that in half. Still 160 ships sunk. That was just the B2s. It doesn't include all the F18s, F 15s, F 16s, and F35s that may be in range to hit them either from Japan. (And eventually B21s) It is really no wonder why the CCP isn't keen on invading Taiwan. It would be suicide. Nice thing about the Quick sink is it can go on every bomb we use much like a JDAM. 500 pound bombs and up, and I am positive that test used two 500 pound bombs, which are the smaller end,and it wrecked what is essentially a small carrier. Amphibious Ships are quite large. It doesn't include our cruise missiles launched from Rapid Dragon, and other aircraft. (Or Taiwan using HIMARS). Almost forgot Submarines with their new Tomahawks that can also strike naval vessels. Or torpedos too which I know absolutely nothing about. I don't wish for war. Yet if we do go to war I want it all recorded. For uh prosperity.
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  146. Isn't that why transponders exist? Now if militaries started using them with a civilian transponder I would understand. Outside of that... Well you probably shouldn't be flying near a war zone ya know? I would take that as collateral damage any day of the week as terrible as that sounds. We absolutely should be using 7x7s for our military. Well if we could make a more efficient jet for things like refueling then I'm all for it, yet I feel like that would cost billions, and it wouldn't get the benefit of cheaper parts or maintenence. I am surprised we haven't attempted to launch one off an aircraft carrier.
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  147.  @z_actual  There's tons of different systems. We use GPS interchangeably but it's been upgraded by Lockheed Martin. I guess GLONASS does have better accuracy due to more ground stations. That's what some articles say so who knows I sure don't. Interestingly the newer NAVATAR IIF will be much better and can work using other constellations. Wonder how hard it is to jam a satellite.
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  148. When people compare military spending between countries. They don't even do it right. They don't factor in cost parity. As in China gets more bang for each buck. They pay their people and soldiers less. They pay their companies less for research and development. A dollar is worth more than their currency meaning they get more. Anyone under estimating them is an idiot.
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  149. ​ @kdrapertrucker Who cares about speed if you do not have stealth. You would be blown out of the sky before you could even use any of your weapons. Anyway radar absorbing paint and ceramics have fixed this issue while increasing radar absorbing potential. They also have become much cheaper, and easier to maintain. That is always what kept newer jets from having more speed than older aircraft. I am looking forward to sixth gen aircraft personally. Especially this aircraft. The F 35 was such a mistake even though it is a really great aircraft. They should have at least just had two variants, and made an aircraft specifically for the USMC.
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  150. Also they are more like ICBMs that boost and after that use lifting body to glide and manuever to the target. They don't have a level cruise missile flight path like America's hypersonic missiles in current development are suppose to. Yet I hear tons of conflicting data so who knows. Also we don't know how good their kill chain is which is a huge part of actually hitting something like an aircraft carrier in maneuvering, bobbing up and down, left and right. People think aircraft carriers are slow because of their size but they can book it when needed. Like you said though if you're slinging nukes ya down need to be precise.
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  151.  @raymondtorres-gy8uj  I am all for supporting manufcaturing now that I know more on how crazy complex it is. I use to think you could just buy some more robots and hire some people for the assembly line - just copy and paste. Oh how wrong was I. Once that is gone jt takes a ton of time and effort to get the entire supply chain back up to speed. Yet these companies are outright raping us because they can. If we paid for the development the cost should go all the way down to how much it costs for materials and man hours. Nothing more or less or else we take the patents and programs we as citizens paid for and allow other companies to build it. The contracts seem to be in the companies favor and not the other way around. We should also maybe look into breaking up some of these companies and give subsidiaries to new ones who don't hold us hostage.
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  152.  @jamesmaddison4546   @James maddison  I never talked about F22 versus the F23 mate! Also that sentence makes little sense. If the roll rate is increased that means it is in fact more maneuverable. Either way agility is over rated.
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  153.  @jamesmaddison4546  Nah the Bird of Prey is a concept stealth aircraft! Should look it up as its really awesome looking.
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  154. Drones will be the future anyway. Satellites in a peer to peer first. Also I read Apache helicopters were the first to raid Iraqi airspace to destroy anything. I have to look it up.
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  155. Looks tiny. Love the looks of it quite honestly. It's all talk. Even if they had the know how to make it they don't have the capability to produce the electronics and other bell and whistles. Especially now as I'm writing in 2023. Sorry Russia your boasting doesn't work anymore. The US military thanks you for scaring politicians and citizens into thinking your weapons are the end all be all so they get more funding for projects to counter it.
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