and the needless NH90 (what does it deliver that the Blackhawk cannot?)
Hammer strikes nail perfectly. What it does is keep a certain number of egos and work shops running.
but we also have perfectly good systems ,Gripen, many ships and subs, A330MRTT, RAFALE, and even the Typhoon which is a fantastic fighter notwithstanding all of its development problems, and many many more ...
Heh, Horizon Frigate. Heh.
kbrockman, I must applaud your very on point comments.
I've become convinced since about 2002 (when I had some very small play in some JSF stuff, part of which was "where's the first base and how do we deal with the noise complaints already coming in from California before the first sortie is flown ...) that F-22 and JSF are the last manned fighter the US aircraft manufacturers will build.
Why the last:
Because we can't afford the next generation, we can't afford (or won't afford) the cost of training the pilots, and the next group of "silver bullet" machines will be unmanned. Sadly, they'll all be disabled on day one of the war by a computer virus, leaving us with BFA to fight with ...
