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USAF Testing ‘Mutant’ Missiles That Twist In Mid-Air To Hit Their Targets​

Sinnavuuty said:

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USAF Testing ‘Mutant’ Missiles That Twist In Mid-Air To Hit Their Targets​

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HighGround said:

The fearmongering was indeed fascinating.


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Imagine if a belligerent United States declared the Taiwan Straits to be territorial wat... Oh whoops. Anyway, it is highly unlikely that any modern state would harass international shipping. If anything, owning the Arctic Ocean would give Russia greater incentive to make sure that there isn't any piracy.



I would like to sink the US Navy.

Jokes aside, I do think the article is largely correct, but I do have an issue with a couple points.



I mean, compared to China we are behind, but honestly... our industrial base is really not that bad. I don't know why people automatically think that, we need to put things into perspective. We still build lots of things, especially military ships and jets. What we need, is a much better approach to civilian-military industrial cooperation and simple project planning. The Zumwalt and LCS didn't fail because our shipyards were horrible.

Similarly, the article also talks about how mergers are apparently really bad. That's not really the case though. Mergers allowed for economies of scale on big projects. What we need to do, is to reduce barriers to entry and to focus more on rewarding innovators rather than those with cozy political connections.

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HighGround said:

The fearmongering was indeed fascinating.


dot dot dot


Imagine if a belligerent United States declared the Taiwan Straits to be territorial wat... Oh whoops. Anyway, it is highly unlikely that any modern state would harass international shipping. If anything, owning the Arctic Ocean would give Russia greater incentive to make sure that there isn't any piracy.



I would like to sink the US Navy.

Jokes aside, I do think the article is largely correct, but I do have an issue with a couple points.



I mean, compared to China we are behind, but honestly... our industrial base is really not that bad. I don't know why people automatically think that, we need to put things into perspective. We still build lots of things, especially military ships and jets. What we need, is a much better approach to civilian-military industrial cooperation and simple project planning. The Zumwalt and LCS didn't fail because our shipyards were horrible.

Similarly, the article also talks about how mergers are apparently really bad. That's not really the case though. Mergers allowed for economies of scale on big projects. What we need to do, is to reduce barriers to entry and to focus more on rewarding innovators rather than those with cozy political connections.

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siegecrossbow said:

I don't understand the reticence with collaborating with South Koreans on surface combatants.

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sheogorath said:

Would this count as "concurrency", which has been shown to be a massive clusterfuck?

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sheogorath said:

Would this count as "concurrency", which has been shown to be a massive clusterfuck?

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CMP said:

Given the flight date has been pushed back, the demonstration unit was likely completely non-functional. Purely for media appearances. Now they need more money to actually begin the real work.

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