Could this be what President Trump was talking about, when he said “We have stuff the Chi-Com’s and Russia know nothing about.”
https://www.defensenews.com/breaking...e-fighter-jet/
Could this be what President Trump was talking about, when he said “We have stuff the Chi-Com’s and Russia know nothing about.”
https://www.defensenews.com/breaking...e-fighter-jet/
With the muddle that exists in his head--who knows. I am sure, whenever classified information is revealed to trump the "owners" of that information begin to pray that he either doesn't hear it, doesn't understand it and forgets it :omfg:
To the more important part of your post---I'd like to know much more, but from my read of that piece some of that (actually a lot of that concept) has and is being done in private industry already. Done well it is a game changer---but Boeing has had a few stumbles along the way.
The mention of Musk was possibly more insightful than the author realized, and I am sure not wasted on the "old guard" builders of war planes.
It is a brave new world :clap:
What the new aircraft will deliver to the enemy is every bit as important as how it gets there...The AIM-9X spoken of in the article is a further refinement of the exact same AIM-9 (Air Intercept Missile) that I loaded under the wings of F-105's and F-4's over 50 years ago...Even then that missile was already 20 years old in its development...It may be the most successful air-to-air combat platform ever built...An intact unexploded AIM-9 became lodged in the fuselage of a Mig-17 which was recovered by the Chi-Coms who smuggled it out to Russia, where it was reverse engineered into their own version of the air intercept missile, the Vympel K-13...Quote:
The Air Force is preparing to arm its F-35 with a new, all-weather course-correcting air-dropped precision bomb able to destroy moving targets from distances as far as 40 miles.
Sorry to interrupt this important Trump bashing opportunity with any factual history, but you folks know how I am...Please continue...:peace:...BenQuote:
Gennadiy Sokolovskiy, later chief engineer at the Vympel team, said that "the Sidewinder missile was to us a university offering a course in missile construction technology which has upgraded our engineering education and updated our approach to production of future missiles.
If it doesn’t have a tail hook it can’t go where the action is, quickly.
If it has been publicly revealed then "It" has been in service for years and the bad guys know about it. Just from my experience in the industry on the MFG supply chain side
So.. you were “an Ordie “ (Aviation Ordenanceman).. I heard an Ordie Senior Chief (E-8) state that his load crew deserved credit for mission success.. the Senior Chief pointed out to the pilot.. when you get a good pizza.. do you give credit and praise to the guy who made the pizza or the kid who delivered it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Truckman
We called it Weapons Maintenance, but we were all just gun plumbers, samo, samo...I started on a load crew, uploading then downloading nukes and conventionals on F-105's - b-o-r-i-n-g...I had a chance to crosstrain to Weapons Release when we transitioned to F-4's, then I could work on actual problems when the driver said, "bomb no workey"...A lot more fun, and less spitshine, but a lot more brainwork too...:nerd:...BenQuote:
Originally Posted by Sandman
I think you are confusing him with Biden..Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Grubb
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/w...ed-information
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...ult-to-mainta/