It will be interesting to see if NGI has better performance in tests compared to GBI. Outside of the US military itself, many American analysts seem to think GBI is not a credible system and thus does not contribute at all to deterrence or the thinking of adversaries due to its poor test record.
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It will be interesting to see if NGI has better performance in tests compared to GBI. Outside of the US military itself, many American analysts seem to think GBI is not a credible system and thus does not contribute at all to deterrence or the thinking of adversaries due to its poor test record.
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Political hypocrisy is only useful if the other side cares about appearing objective and rational.
The rabble that supports Trump are operating as more of a religious cult than a political party. They can not be convinced. They can not be reasoned with. Trump could shoot their own loved ones and they'd still support him, convinced their loved ones had somehow done something to displease Trump.
Trump and his political allies also don't care about the appearance of hypocrisy or impropriety. They've made it abundantly care that all they care about is power. They probably think that once they've grinded their political opponents into dust politically, and perhaps literally, they can simple rewrite history to their leisure as there won't be any significant force left to dispute it, at least domestically. And right now, it's hard to argue that their strategy is wrong.
Constantly yelling about the Right's political hypocrisy is only useful as a way to rally your own side. And at this point if the Democrats are only now just rallying themselves and organizing rather than grabbing rifles to purge the Right from the country with any means necessary, they're already on the back foot, perhaps fatally.
With Boeing being awarded the F-47 (NGAD) contract, I think most people will probably start wondering when the Navy F/A-XX contract will be awarded. I think this overlooks the fact that Lockheed’s Skunk Works already has a classified aircraft of some sort in production.
What role the aircraft will fill is uncertain. We know Northrop has the RQ-180, but maybe a replacement for that is already in early production? Outside of that, you have the long rumoured SR-72 or hypersonic ISR plane. Beyond that, I am not sure what else they could be working on.
What role the aircraft will fill is uncertain. We know Northrop has the RQ-180, but maybe a replacement for that is already in early production? Outside of that, you have the long rumoured SR-72 or hypersonic ISR plane. Beyond that, I am not sure what else they could be working on.
I predict Boeing will win. Boeing has had decades to prepare for this which won them NGAD contract.
Not exactly news or data, but I after the NGAD announcement I was looking through F-15, F-16 and F-18 development history and I found this canard variant of the F-15 from the early '80s I had never seen before. I knew of F-15 ACTIVE program from the '90s and 2000's, but I did not know the F-15 STOL/MTD (Short Takeoff and Landing/Maneuver Technology Demonstrator) proceeded that program. Anyway, it resulted in this awesome looking F-15 in camo paint with these cool 2D thrust vectoring engines from GE.
Not exactly news or data, but I after the NGAD announcement I was looking through F-15, F-16 and F-18 development history and I found this canard variant of the F-15 from the early '80s I had never seen before. I knew of F-15 ACTIVE program from the '90s and 2000's, but I did not know the F-15 STOL/MTD (Short Takeoff and Landing/Maneuver Technology Demonstrator) proceeded that program. Anyway, it resulted in this awesome looking F-15 in camo paint with these cool 2D thrust vectoring engines from GE.
Hmm it is possible that the canards are a compromise for STVOL capabilities should the airfields be targeted.