Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 17:27:29 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, jbryant@tfs.net, dkelly@HiWAAY.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: F1.17 (was Re: C2 Trusted FreeBSD?) Message-ID: <199710140757.RAA01367@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 14 Oct 1997 00:46:56 MST." <21477.876815216@time.cdrom.com>
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> > This is the same government that thought that hiding a fair-weather > > aircraft for 25 years was a worthwhile investment of the taxpayers > > money? > > Whoa! Is someone slamming the F117 here? Fightin' words! > > Whatever shortcomings the F117 may have in the frailty of its skin > coating are more than offset by its ability to go after radar sites > and down SAM corridors after highly defended targets. *chuckle* It's still the only aircraft that's seriously threatened by a Piper with a big box of dry ice. 8) > Now the B2, on the other hand - that may indeed be a bomber who's > primary mission no longer justifies its cost. Better to do today's > job with smaller, less expensive units. The notion that you need a pilot at the controls at all is the obsolescent concept. With todays state-of-the-art in semi- and fully-autonomous RPVs, piloted military aircraft are close to becoming dinosaurs. About the only piloted craft I have much respect for is the A10, and there's isn't even a decent A10 sim around, so I have to make do with EF2000 and the odd helicopter. *grumble* mike
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