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You say this without a shred of evidence. If it makes you feel better... ---------- Post added at 12:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:30 PM ---------- I flew training missions being tracked by East German SA-5 batteries. We did it all the time.

Really? How do we "know" that exactly? There is such a thing called the surface of the earth that also tends to turn airplanes into little pieces. Sure. I had training missions over Germany, Spain, Italy, the Gulf of Mexico. All of us were totally unarmed. No missiles, no bullets. You...

You claim it was shot down. Big difference from the source you posted. And there were three other F-15's. F-15's on a training hop don't carry live missiles.

Ballistic missiles are good for a couple of days of fighting. After they are gone, what is left? Conventional ballistic missiles aren't going to win a war or defeat an enemy.

The inconceivable is almost impossible to visualize. There is so much we don't know... "Dark this" and "dark that" all created to make the math work out properly. Still, physicists have come a long way, that's for sure.

Now the microwaves are forcing a mechanical system (tank) that uses hydraulics and optics to "fire wildly"? I am SO proud of our hyper-smart microwaves. They are almost alive. We must be on guard, however, to prevent Skynet from becoming activated.

Amazing how many Iranians are claiming "Propaganda!!" How about a simple TY? I'd thank Iranian Navy if they rescued U.S. Mariners in distress. It's just simple decency.

If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going." ;)

Really? Linky please.

There was also video of a lowly T-38 "gunning" an F-22. It means absolutely nothing. It was probably a gun tracking exercise. The F-22 was like a dojo dummy being pummeled by a student. No fighting back. Here's the deal... weapons envelopes overlap, and are engineered that way. 20 years...

^^ The future is also bombers that fly at night with no escort anyhow. (B-2) And "bombers" these days are fighters like the F-16 that can defend themselves. Close escort isn't dead yet, but it's in de-fib and they are grabbing for the paddles.

We haven't had a true air to air gun kill since 1982 or so, the Bekaa valley campaign. And in Desert Storm, it wasn't the super-reliable AIM-9 that scored the most kills, it was the AIM-7. Pilots chose the AIM-7 because it allowed them to stand off and take the shot. No one is going to drive...

Just wait... Justin Bieber will flame out like a meteor in 2 or 3 years. And remember the little girl in E.T.? While she's doing fine now, she ended up hooked on heroin and had a miserable life as a young adult. For every 100 child stars, sadly 99 of them end up as train wrecks with real...

There is a modern (detestable) trend... Women expect men to be hairless and androgynous in their features. The brawny "manly man" is no longer popular. Men expect women to all be large-breasted with skinny waists. That too is in opposition with nature. Women naturally get more padding, even...

It's possible for child performers to have decent and happy lives... if the parents don't get greedy. Unfortunately, the lure of fame and $$ is hard to resist. Hopefully her life will be moderated. Let her give one or two concerts a year, maybe record a few songs, get a nice nest egg for...

The facilities to process uranium from natural ore to weapons-grade need to be huge to make any quantity of 90%+ enriched U-235. For a power plant, all you need is 3 to 5% U-235. Plutonium is much easier to obtain, being made in nuclear reactors themselves, and Pakistan has mastered Pu-based...

That "5th gen" checklist seems, to me, to be written by armchair types. The need for Supermanueverability is dying, ops above 50,000' mean little in these days of AIM-120 and SA-20 and Patriot missiles that can almost fly into outer space, and extreme T/W ratio is no longer the huge benchmark...

Good job Pakistan. But I WANT A K-8!!! Can you imagine how much fun you could have with a friend in one of these? Why aren't the super-rich of the world buying their own fleet of jets? Short of getting lofted to orbit, there isn't a more exciting thing in the world. Screaming down a...

One's faith is deeply personal. If asked a question about my own, I'll answer it, but I will neither prosetylize, nor will I play the "My religion is truth/better than yours" game, which does nothing except promote hard feelings. I think most people understand and respect this and think the...

The USA still produces a lot of extremely high tech stuff - semiconductors, turbines, power generating, robotics, aviation, advanced machine tools, heavy equipment. Things like shoes and shirts have moved offshore.