Russia to Unveil Aircraft Super-Carrier Design Amid Navy Buildup

The F-35’s role of going over the target is obsolete. The Israelis have been successfully using smart glide bombs launched from hundreds of miles outside the threat zone, in this case from Lebanon. The bombs are small (250 lbs) because they are so accurate. A final target update is made by a tiny drone which is difficult if not impossible to shoot down. So, if the target is moving it still gets hit. The F-35 is a hugely wasteful effort whose role no longer exists.

Stupid grunt question: Why does the ship have oars on the side?

Stupid question No. 2: How much beer and rum does it carry and what’s the daily ration?

Last question: That looks like a Roman quinquereme on the deck. What’s it doing there?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B61_nuclear_bomb

“In May 2010 the National Nuclear Security Administration asked Congress for $40 million to redesign the bomb to enable the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II to carry the weapon internally by 2017.[21] This version is designated Mod 12.[22] The four hundred B61-12 bombs will be used by both tactical aircraft (such as the F-35) and strategic aircraft (such as the B-2) and the Tail Subassembly (TSA) will give them Joint Direct Attack Munition levels of accuracy, allowing the fifty kiloton warhead to have strategic effects from all carrying aircraft.[23] However, refitting the 400 weapons is now expected to cost over $10 billion.[24] The B61 Mod 12 tail assembly contract was awarded to Boeing on November 27, 2012 for $178 million.[25] Boeing will use their experience with the Joint Direct Attack Munition to yield JDAM equivalent accuracy in a nuclear bomb.[26] This contract is only the first part of the billion dollar expense of producing and applying the tail kits, over and above the $10 billion cost to refurbish the warheads.[27] JDAM tail kits for conventional bombs of similar size and weight typically cost approximately $25,000 per unit,[28] about 1% of the B61 upgrade. The B61-12 uses an internal guidance system and can glide to its target. The bomb has four selectable yields: 0.3; 5; 10; and 50 kilotons.[29]”

The F-35’s role of going over the target is obsolete. The Israelis have been successfully using smart glide bombs launched from hundreds of miles outside the threat zone, in this case from Lebanon. The bombs are small (250 lbs) because they are so accurate. A final target update is made by a tiny drone which is difficult if not impossible to shoot down. So, if the target is moving it still gets hit. The F-35 is a hugely wasteful effort whose role no longer exists.

If you're bombing Lebanon, a country with a military that consists of jumped-up militias.

-—— multipurpose aircraft carrier -——

Then it will be ineffective

too many eggs in the basket allows them to break

“If you’re bombing Lebanon, a country with a military that consists of jumped-up militias. “

Israel is bombing deep inside Syria, which has the latest Russian made anti-aircraft missile system. The Syrian system is controlled by the Russians and is said to be capable of taking down low flying F-16’s. (This is the system that has just been sold by Russia to Iran.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrT2KtSzMd0