[Flick Lives]

Osprey again

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A disastrous design which takes all the complexity of a helicopter and multiplies it by adding the complexity of a tilting wing.

A good design philosophy is “do a few things well”. A beautiful example of this is the A10 Warthog.

Unfortunately, the Pentagon is obsessed with weapon systems that can do anything, such as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program (F 35 Lightning). It’s land based. It’s carrier based. It can VTOL. It costs $50M a copy.

Unfortunately, the Pentagon has been obsessed for years

[GaltAdonis]

"Osprey again"

O C'mon - What could possibly go wrong?

/s

[Sequoyah101]

The pentagone is just like the rest of the gooberment, dysfunctional, broken, corrupt.

Yeah, both are unreliable weapon systems.