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And how long would it take and what would it cost to put the mission system hardware and software we use in a 101? Seems like a breakout of silly journalism again. 

ER . .  I think the Australian Labour Party would be a bit miffed  being equated to the Liberal Party of Canada. The ALP is owned and operated by organized labour and are much closer, but even more hard core than our NDP. Agreed the Liberals are close kin to our Conservatives and Abbot is as...

Assuming this source has accurate data http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=1082 then the Advanced Super Hornet is heavier and has shorter legs.  Don't know if the conformals are part of that range calc. For comparison the Super Hornet data is here...

I worked in Oz some years back and quite enjoyed the wicked sense of humor and their passion for  politics. So with one day before they vote, a last message from PM Rudd to the voters in his riding http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OkZreWqbfT8 and from his opponent . . ...

from cbc.ca ""We are conducting an analysis of price and availability of other [aircraft] manufactured by other vendors. The government of Canada is committed to ensuring that our armed forces have the equipment they need at the best value to the taxpayer," Irwin told Power & Politics in a...

The Germans are slowly waking up to the great subsidized electricity scam. "For society as a whole, the costs have reached levels comparable only to the euro-zone bailouts. This year, German consumers will be forced to pay €20 billion ($26 billion) for electricity from solar, wind and biogas...

Beck makes the case that Putin makes more sense than Obama and all the Washington types supporting him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GfHSPLW63Gg And from the "How time changes everything" files . . .

from the "more things change, the more they stay the same file" . . .  a Friday alternative to a sudoku. " Fill in the Blanks:     Despite its ability to dominate the XX arena, the F-XX attracted a vocal and influential group of detractors who continued to fight a battle for small, cheap...

Nice looking plane . . .  Pictures & video www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:e254e9d9-2cd7-4810-88e3-6aa01dc446f6.

From the "people who will not be getting Christmas cards from Al Gore or David Suzuki"  file. "The Earth’s climate, he said, is a dynamic and continually-changing system. “Human societies have lived and thriven under every conceivable climate, and modern technology makes adaptation to changing...

More downward bending of the cost curves. . . "Lockheed Martin Corp said it is close to an agreement with the Pentagon for a more portable and 40 percent cheaper version of the operations and logistics system that controls the F-35 fighter, the Pentagon's most expensive weapons program."...

Look, over there, that pig is flying! "Dorking 'green' group in favour of fracking" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23794663

Commone sense, meet breath if fresh air. Replies of Professor Roger Pielke, Jr. to Questions from Senate EPW 21 August 2013 Questions from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: 1) In your written testimony, you stated: “It is misleading, and just plain incorrect, to claim that disasters associated...

Agreed.  Shooting means they have been spotted. I was trying to make the point "if" they engaged they would do so to their advantage . . .  Long range, placed shots, no need for volume fire. 

The Roman alphabet is widely used. Syllabics, in invention of an RC missionary has some traction in the Eastern Arctic. 99% of current Rangers would do fine in English ( my guess, I am out of date) The survey would yield a lot of diverse opinions.  The guys I knew way back when were...

The IPCC does not concur.  Our current climate and weather is happening well within normal and historical bounds, in fact we are in a fairly calm period of time when it comes to weather extremes. http://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/images/uploads/SREX-SPMbrochure_FINAL.pdf What we have is extreme media...

Not much of a dispute over the actual data about sea level change  . . .  the numbers are the numbers.  What is up for debate is the accuracy of the forecasts.  We now have decades of forecasts based on  the General Circulation Models and not a single one of them has ever produced a forecast...

Well that can't be correct. The PBO and the CBC  told us they would be much more expensive.  And everyone knows the PBO and the CBC never, ever screw the pooch.  ;D

My understanding of IRST sensors are that they are very narrow area, restricted point detectors, kind of like looking at the sky through a drinking straw. Without knowing where to point them, they are not very effective. So consider a scenario where 4 F-35’s are on a patrol and at 80 – 100...

Looks like the ILS crew have sharpened up their LCS cost models now that they have 7000 hrs of flying logged. www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-21/f-35-support-costs-fall-22-pentagon-manager-estimates.html I'd guess the Test Bed program has much more data and a lot more answers now as well.