Things Noticeable this week

[Rogerbh]

Idiot was attempting to deconstruct himself with a 200 lb black powder bomb.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...on-Day-DC.html
Surprised he wasn't from Florida.

[fishfood]

Originally Posted by Rogerbh

Idiot was attempting to deconstruct himself with a 200 lb black powder bomb.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...on-Day-DC.html
Surprised he wasn't from Florida.

Is there a thread devoted to Florida people yet?

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by wildtig2013

I note the two petrol engined generators on the decking in the last photo - that is smart preparation.

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by Rogerbh

Idiot was attempting to deconstruct himself with a 200 lb black powder bomb.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...on-Day-DC.html
Surprised he wasn't from Florida.

Doolally tap, most likely.

[Reclaimedwg]

I wonder if the Russians have as much headache and setbacks and costs overrun developing their Mig and Sukhoi fighters?

Of course if they did, we in the west will never hear much about it in our news.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/entire-f-...h-in-september

With the Russian we don't hear about their latest 4th or 5th generation fighter until it's operational.

This F-35 is a waste of money and they are depending on it to replace everything that we have right now and everything that our allies like the British have.

Once the F-35 is fully operational and fully produced, it's supposed to replace the F-15, the F-16, the F-18, the Harrier and possibly even the F-22 Raptor.

They should never had discontinued production of the F-22 Raptor.

The British have already retired their Harrier squadrons because they were expecting delivery of the F-35 Carrier version by now.

Also the F-18A and F-18E/F Super Hornet are great planes but I am still puzzled on why they completely retired the F-14 Tomcat before its time.

[seany65]

Originally Posted by Rogerbh

Idiot was attempting to deconstruct himself with a 200 lb black powder bomb.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...on-Day-DC.html
Surprised he wasn't from Florida.

Of course, under this ancient Greek system of "Sortition", in which Government officials etc. are randomly chosen, Trump could've been randomly chosen as President and thus the US would've taken the direction it has anyway, so what's he whinging about?

[CARLTON BROWN]

Originally Posted by wildtig2013

I wonder if the Russians have as much headache and setbacks and costs overrun developing their Mig and Sukhoi fighters?

Of course if they did, we in the west will never hear much about it in our news.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/entire-f-...h-in-september

With the Russian we don't hear about their latest 4th or 5th generation fighter until it's operational.

This F-35 is a waste of money and they are depending on it to replace everything that we have right now and everything that our allies like the British have.

Once the F-35 is fully operational and fully produced, it's supposed to replace the F-15, the F-16, the F-18, the Harrier and possibly even the F-22 Raptor.

They should never had discontinued production of the F-22 Raptor.

The British have already retired their Harrier squadrons because they were expecting delivery of the F-35 Carrier version by now.

Also the F-18A and F-18E/F Super Hornet are great planes but I am still puzzled on why they completely retired the F-14 Tomcat before its time.

In many cases, the older combat aircraft are simply too expensive to continue updating and their airframes are reaching the end of the road. The F-22 was ridiculously expensive to develop and build. Clearly a very advanced aircraft in many ways, but it lacks flexibility and is really unsuitable for some of the roles currently undertaken by F-15s and F-18s.

The costly F-35A/B/C lack a good deal of flexibility and once these aircraft start carrying stores on pylons beneath the wings, the stealth characteristics will be dramatically reduced. They are just not capable of replacing a range of existing aircraft and the idea of using the expensive F-35 in place of the A-10 was sheer madness. These airborne supercomputers filled with electronic warfare systems are also engineering nightmares that almost require technicans with doctorates to look after them.

In the case of the British, they would have been just as well served (IMHO) by building a new licenced version of the Saab Gripen and not bothering about two state-of-the-art aircraft carriers which have cost a fortune. Do we really need these? It's more HS2 style madness. The Gripen would be adequate for shooting down the occasional rogue airliner and dropping a few bombs here and there on various undesirables.

Still, the Chinese are about to unveil their currently secret H-20 stealth bomber and this may well be used as another form of promotion for the F-35, especially in the Far East.

Bring on the 6th Generation laser equipped fighters I say! Let's keep spending as much money as possible on new weapon systems!

[chris chunt]

Aaron jones ( in the photo with a face like a well smacked arse) spray painted a homeless man outside a supermarket for begging.

A few days later the same beggar was found dead most probably after taking his own life

Aaron after being revealed as the culprit is now BEGGING the police for protection from those who wish him harm.

Oh the irony.
Walk a mile in someone else's shoes occasionally my arse faced chum.

[Wendigo]

Originally Posted by chris chunt

Aaron jones ( in the photo with a face like a well smacked arse) spray painted a homeless man outside a supermarket for begging.

A few days later the same beggar was found dead most probably after taking his own life

Aaron after being revealed as the culprit is now BEGGING the police for protection from those who wish him harm.

Oh the irony.
Walk a mile in someone else's shoes occasionally my arse faced chum.

To be fair the braindead twat doesn't look as if it could walk a mile in its own shoes.

[palo5]

The English "news" channel yesterday