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ballsalsa said: check out the F-35
haha, i had completely forgotten about the f-35. really neat and sexy bit of engineering, no denying that... however, it just doesn't seem to really be quite what we had hoped it would be, and it's turning into a rather expensive issue. It would kind of be nice if it could outfly the f-16 of which it is supposed to replace, but i understand that dog-fighting isn't really an up-to-date method of aerial warfare.
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ballsalsa said: I hope Enlil finishes up his trial soon. This sub-forum could use an active mod
yeah, no doubt. i hope this luddite shitposting bot gets banned here soon. dude has been posting the same spam for at the least 16 days now from the looks of things.
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Pris never comes here, and Enlil hasn't been active lately, so i won't be holding my breath.
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edit: luddite, copy/paste of off topic nonsense will lead to your ban
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Re: Military spending [Re: 404]
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ballsalsa said: check out the F-35
Yeah the F-35, what a fucking ludicrous boondoggle. $1.5 trillion in taxpayer dollars up in smoke. Goddamn thing doesn't even work. Collapsing landing gear, malfunctioning electronics, poor maneuverability, etc. If that's not wasteful, criminal, porkbarrel bullshit on the part of a decadent military-industrial complex, I'm a dancing aardvark. And what a laughingstock Lockheed is. Fucking infuriating and disgusting. These thieves should be put in stocks and displayed at Wal-Mart or something.
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I have banned Luddite. I don't have access to this sub, but by God I found a way.
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Re: Military spending [Re: Luddite]
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The bigger the budget, the more money I make, so I can't complain.
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DividedQuantum said: I have banned Luddite. I don't have access to this sub, but by God I found a way.
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Military leaders like to play with the budget. A bigger budget doesn't really mean a more superior force.
If they would keep more money and weapons in reserve. They wasted so much on really small objectives since WWII. They try to fight on every political front and that's not really working out that well.
Obama was smart using special forces more. They used to be cheaper and very effective. Paratrooper numbers are going down compared to Russia's. That's not such a good thing. For some reason the leaders seem to think that paratroopers aren't as important.
The main problems is not knowing what wars will come up. Second having a force even if not used is a deterrent. All over the world people think experiment over what moves to make. Most of the efforts are dealing with thoughts and known thoughts of others. Then actions and what they can do about it.
It's a big waste of human achievement. But there is always some asshole that's gotta start a fight.
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Falcon91Wolvrn03 said: Plus we no longer have the kind of "wasteful spending when it comes to private military contractors charging exorbitant rates" that we used to have back in the 80's. $500 hammers are a thing of the past that ended after Reagan/Bush. I know because I used to buy things for the US Government, and costs went down SIGNIFICANTLY after the Acquisition Reform Act of 1995.
I guess they found a way around it then. $100 for laundry is definitely exorbitant.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5333896/ns/nbc_nightly_news_with_brian_williams/t/new-halliburton-waste-alleged/#.WIevGvkrKUk
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austothehun said: I guess they found a way around it then. $100 for laundry is definitely exorbitant.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5333896/ns/nbc_nightly_news_with_brian_williams/t/new-halliburton-waste-alleged/#.WIevGvkrKUk
Corruption can find its way around any law.
But here's the last paragraph from your article:
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