Re:US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet
by eevilspock on Monday September 18, 2023 @02:56PM
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> Personally I'd be happy with...
There's a lot of armchair quarterbacking in these comments, this one taking the cake.
Re:US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet
by 23B1 on Monday September 18, 2023 @03:17PM
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HN weighing in on military stuff is always comedy to those of us who've been in the military. It's nobody's fault – this stuff can be baroque in its complexity – but it does make for some entertaining reading!
Re:US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet
by simmerup on Monday September 18, 2023 @03:37PM
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HN weighing in on anything outside of tech is comedy
Re:US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet
by lukev on Monday September 18, 2023 @04:18PM
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Also tech, a good portion of the time.
Re:US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet
by debo_ on Monday September 18, 2023 @05:02PM
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Management is the most comedic topic of all, but it borders on tragedy.
Re:US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet
by civilitty on Monday September 18, 2023 @09:53PM
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This thread is the HN equivalent of Dale Gribble laughing at those sheeple.
Re:US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet
by throwaway2037 on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @05:12AM
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Finance / economics is the same here. Medicine can be hit or miss. Sometimes medical researchers show up and do surprise.
Re:US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet
by throw0101c on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @08:05AM
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> There's a lot of armchair quarterbacking in these comments, this one taking the cake.
If one's government is going to spend billions and billions of your money, having some level of public satisfaction for its use isn't a bad thing to have. Or at least having a decision making program that people have confidence in.
The F-35 is a decent enough result, especially in comparison to what's going on with Canada's naval procurement program.
What's the alternative? How many other models can be purchased at all?
Canada went through a bunch of drama to find a replacement for the legacy F/A-18s, and the main options were: Eurofighter Typhoon, Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, F-35, and the Saab Gripen.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning...
Gripen wasn't in the same league, so we basically have the Typhoon and SuperHornet as other options, and both were at least a decade older with regards to their 'base' design (though there have been further upgrades).
So if you're going to be stuck with a plane for 20+ years, you might as well pick the newest model year.
Personally I'd be happy with the Super Hornets (and thrown in some Growlers) for Canada given "6G" fighters are starting to be designed—basically skipping the "5G" F-35—but Boeing were a bunch of dumbasses when the decision was being made:
* https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/18/justin-trudeau-says-canada-w...