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Message ID: 40
#40, RE: BPGD: CSF-105
Posted by Offsides on Sep-12-12 at 10:38 AM
In response to message #37
>>>To be fair, anything that pisses in the JSF's coffee is
>>>gonna get a hell yeah from me

>>
>>Errr... Just out of curiosity, why the hate on the JSF?
>
>Well, it's kind of a long and involved story that's been developing
>for a number of years, but basically it has to do with how they've
>piled mismatching requirements onto the spec until, if and when it
>actually works at all, it will be no things to all people. Billions
>of dollars and jillions* of man-hours expended, and other platforms
>rushed to end-of-life prematurely, to support an all-out effort at
>producing one airplane that's so incredibly versatile... it can do a
>kinda disappointing job at just about anything.
>
You would have thought that they learned their lesson with the F-111, but noooo...

Offsides
The F-111 - nine of all trades, master of none (it doesn't rank high enough to be a jack of all trades, or a ten for that matter...)

[...] in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
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