What's the biggest blunder your country's military has made in the manner of cancelling some weapon system that would have been good otherwise?
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Originally posted by FuryWhat's the biggest blunder your country's military has made in the manner of cancelling some weapon system that would have been good otherwise?
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YES, that idiot Diefenbaker, what a fool, he cut if because it was too expensive right, and becuase he said that there was no point, just buy them from America, yeqa, it was to be the most capable and advanced niterceptor at the time, it was an incredible aircraft, Diefenbaker, hate him so muchfor MOTHER MOLDOVA
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But it was a lousy fighter. There was NO external mount points, no guns, and an internal weapons bay that would be a ***** and a half to do ACM with the bay doors openned. The airframe testing was never finished, never been mated to the Iroquois engine, let alone ACM using that engine.
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TSR2 - the most advanced low-level high speed strike aircraft of its age. we cancelled it, ordered F111's, cancelled them and had to wait 20 years until a replacement aircraft arived in the Tornado.
type 22 destroyers whose main quality was that they burnt well.
the utterly and eternally crap Bowman communication system, 15 years late, way over budget and it doesn't work - forcing the british army to use mobile phones...
we should of bought the F15/F14 when they were offered to us instead of the dire tornado F3 intercepter.before criticizing someone, walk a mile in their shoes.................... then when you do criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
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Originally posted by M21SniperThat's quite a statement in a world that's seen the F-14D, Mig-31 and Lockheed A-12.
In any case, I thought the bird was a turkey and if you want to trump the F-14D over it, I would not argue one bit. The MiG-31, however, ...
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Originally posted by Officer of EngineersIn any case, I thought the bird was a turkey and if you want to trump the F-14D over it, I would not argue one bit. The MiG-31, however, ...
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Originally posted by M21SniperAnyone remember the US Army Sgt. York/DIVAD?
LOL“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”
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Originally posted by Officer of EngineersIt's the craftsmanship (or lack thereof) that's the killer.
Since it was designed for killing large slow lumbering and unmaneuverable targets at long range I don't doubt it could be used against AWACs in either case.
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