A typical comment is, this programme is too big to fail.
Have you heard the phrase, 'This bank, is too big to fail?
Nothing is too big to fail.
Without doubt, this is a massive, mega zillion dollar project.
If it is fundamentally flawed, which is the contentious part.
If it is, it is not too big to fail.
Then the brown stuff hits the turbine, to put it politely.
If I were some very rich country, and I wanted an effective machine, and the decision was down to me and my cronies.
I would pick a practical reliable solution. Which given a choice, would be the Eurofighter Typhoon.
Some things are too clever for their own good.
It is, after all, a stealthy Yak-141 with a computer.
KISS - Keep it simple stupid. Is still very true.
In the future, who will be your enemy, and do you really need this very very very expensive technology, that can be seen with a crude J-Band radar ?
Last edited by Stuffy; 28th Mar 2013 at 00:34.