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Too Expensive To Maintain And Too Dangerous To Fly
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| 7/13/2010
| James Dunnigan
Posted on 07/15/2010 5:28:14 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove
It doesn’t seem like Russian anything ages well.
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posted on
07/15/2010 5:30:00 PM PDT
by
El Sordo
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.)
To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; Mr. Mojo; James C. Bennett; mowowie; Captain Beyond; darkwing104; JRios1968; ...
To: El Sordo
Cheese, breads, some beers and the cutest collection of women you’ve ever seen. I’ve got an adopted daughter from Ukraine and I keep adding to my gun collection the older she gets. Potential suitors will need a full CIA background check before they are allowed to come over...forget about taking her out of the house.
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posted on
07/15/2010 5:35:16 PM PDT
by
crghill
(You can't put a condom on your soul. Viva Arizona!)
To: sonofstrangelove
“It’s no secret that much of the military equipment made in India is pretty shabby by world standards”
But...But...I thought all the engineers we get from India on those H1B Visas were superior to Americans.... You can’t move in my town without steping on an Indian software coder.
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posted on
07/15/2010 5:36:38 PM PDT
by
NeverForgetBataan
(To the German Commander: ..........................NUTS !)
To: sonofstrangelove
"since 1963, and has put about 800 into service. But 42 percent were subsequently lost due to accidents."
Holy Cr8p! I would rather go up with a handful of balloons! ;-)
To: chipper dave
To: All
Seems to me like I remember seeing where the Israelis are doing a big business upgrading Mig 21s for various countries. Maybe they need to consult them?
To: El Sordo
What makes you say that?
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posted on
07/15/2010 5:44:59 PM PDT
by
Boiler Plate
("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
To: sonofstrangelove
They tell me that crap will always remain crap no matter how one tries to get rid of the smell by repainting it, repackaging it, including hanging fancy mirror perfumers, etc, etc.......
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posted on
07/15/2010 5:46:51 PM PDT
by
cranked
To: El Sordo
Unlike the US, Russian combat aircraft design does not emphasize reliability, safety, operational readiness, and high sortie rates. Now, with Russia’s technological and industrial base in decline, their ability to produce modern combat aircraft is impaired.
To: Rockingham
Funny. we said that about the Japanese airplanes prior to Pearl Harbor. Chennault was trying to tell us we were wrong but nobody would listen.
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posted on
07/15/2010 6:03:57 PM PDT
by
pfflier
To: sonofstrangelove
Indian metallurgy is crap. Recycling on a huge scale with very poor quality control.
If you are making a automotive stamping die and the casted steel turns out to have voids it can be fixed. Not so with a piece of aluminum machined into an aircraft part.
The situation is improving but I can only imagine what it was like 5 or 10 years ago.
To: The Free Engineer
Indian metallurgy is crap. Recycling on a huge scale with very poor quality control.
Interesting you said that. I work with some Indian Software Engineers and they have confirmed what you said. They are very strong in information technology but very weak in basic manufacturing, mechanical engineering, and metallurgy. They decided to skip over the industrial phase in their development and go right to software, chip design and bio engineering. This is a real weakness in their economy. It will really hurt them in the long run if they don't correct this problem. One Indian Engineer I work with told me he would NEVER fly in a plane made in India. He wouldn't buy a car made in India. On the other hand he had very high confidence in purchasing software from India or seeing an Indian physician. Interesting.
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posted on
07/15/2010 6:37:33 PM PDT
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough.)
Comment #15 Removed by Moderator
To: Rockingham
Unlike the US, Russian combat aircraft design does not emphasize reliability, safety, operational readiness, and high sortie rates Because the US counterpart was so much better
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posted on
07/15/2010 7:30:51 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(a 16 year old Australian girl already did it. And she did it right. - WWJD)
To: NeverForgetBataan
Indian software coder
Coding software vs rebuilding and reinstalling an engine in any modern fighter is very different. Alot easier and safer to code software than rebuild and reinstall an engine.
By a long shot.
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posted on
07/15/2010 7:37:57 PM PDT
by
JSteff
(((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.)))
To: Oztrich Boy
Despite a poor reputation for safety, the F-104 was safer to fly than its Soviet equivalent, the MiG-21. And high performance Western combat aircraft continued to improve over the years while Russian combat aircraft remain plagued today by safety and reliability issues.
To: Oztrich Boy
LOL...talk about a bad apple vs. a bushel of bad apples...
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posted on
07/15/2010 8:26:17 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
To: Armedanddangerous
Seems to me like I remember seeing where the Israelis are doing a big business upgrading Mig 21s for various countries.Goodness knows the Israelis have had a good record in the MiG disposal department...
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posted on
07/15/2010 10:11:38 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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