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See This Electromagnetic Catapult Shoot an F-35C Joint Strike Fighter Plane Into the Sky

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program has been showcased for the public once again, this time with the F-35C variant using a new catapult technology to launch into the air.

Electromagnetic Catapult Shoots F 35 Joint Strike Fighter Plane Into Sky

Touted by its manufacturer Lockheed Martin as the “World’s only fifth generation multi-role fighter” the F-35 family of airframes could be the future of military planes.

The Blaze earlier told you about the Marines F-35B variant that can take-off and land on aircraft carriers. Now we bring you the F-35C variant, and its the U.S. Navy’s first-ever stealth aircraft. It operates from the Naval service’s large carriers via catapult launch and arrested recovery with the help of:

“Larger wings and control surfaces and the addition of wingtip ailerons allow the F-35C pilot to control the airplane with precision during carrier approaches. The aircraft incorporates larger landing gear and a stronger internal structure to withstand the forces of carrier launches and recoveries.”

Lockheed states that the F-35C is a major upgrade over previous stealth aircraft technologies from a maintenance standpoint because it can survive much more hostile environments and is therefore able to operate from an aircraft carrier at sea.

Electromagnetic Catapult Shoots F 35 Joint Strike Fighter Plane Into Sky

The F-35C weapons system is also reconfigurable, which means “the internal weapons bay can set up all air-to-ground ordnance, all air-to-air ordnance or a blend of both. A missionized version of the 25 mm GAU-22A cannon is installed or removed as needed.”

And when stealth is not required to execute a mission, the F-35C external pylons are loaded with ordnance, which means the airframe has a total weapons payload exceeding 18,000 pounds.

The F-35C will certainly pack quite a kinetic punch when it goes fully operational.

As for the new propulsion– the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch (EMAL) System– it’s apparently also major advance over the previous steam catapult technology. According to Defpro:

“EMALS is a complete carrier-based launch system designed for the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and all future CVN 78-class aircraft carriers. EMALS has six subsystems and will expand the operational capability of the Navy’s future carriers by permitting higher sortie rates and reduced costs compared to legacy systems. CVN 78 is more than 30 percent complete, with some production EMALS components already delivered to the shipyard to maintain a 2015 delivery schedule.”

So basically, this new lift-off system will be on aircraft carriers and allow planes to fly more missions at cheaper cost. All good things.

Now that you know the technical specs of the F-35C and its new high-tech catapult system, you can watch the video below to see the state-of-the-art fighter plane scream into the sky with the help of the ELAM system:

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  • PATRIOTGRUNT
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:59pm

    The problem is the DemoRats in the Senate want to kill this program ASAP. Probably will

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 5:35am

      Dear Navy,1600 pennsylvania ave is a target rich environment, Commie loving traders

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    • MR_ANDERSON
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:43am

      There are some Republicans, Conservatives, and Military leaders who are not fans of the F-35.

      Single Engine Fighters bring higher risk than Twin Engine Fighters.

      Here’s a question for you, “When the F-35C enters service, how long will it have been since the last Carrier Airwing had a Single Engine Fighter?”

      Reasons for having two engines on a naval aircraft…
      http://tailspinstales.blogspot.com/2007/06/there-i-was.html
      Mistakes can and will happen on a carrier, specially during night ops.

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    • Christhefarmer
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:01am

      It’s a rail gun!!! Now we just need to beef it up a little more and we can throw I-beams at our enemies as artillery. People like to complain about the DoD’s budget but it brings us so much new consumer tech. We should just change how the money is spent to the different companies. Rather then it going to r&d budgets the DoD should be investing money in new ideas and inventions at these companies and when the tech is sold we should get royalties. Can’t have the government buying stock but I am sure there is a why we can get a momentary return on our r&d investments.

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    • Bill in Texas
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:48am

      Obummer killed the F22 a twin engine stealthy fighter program but kept this F35 single engine more expensive monstrosity? Politics all politics.

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    • 762x51
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 1:03pm

      RepubliCorp
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 5:35am

      Dear Navy,1600 pennsylvania ave is a target rich environment, Commie loving traders

      I think you mean traitors, not traders.

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    • smylok
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:49pm

      You meant traitor.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 11:56pm

      Mr Anderson:
      I believe the last single engine fighter the Navy operated was the F4U Corsair.

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    • Blackw0lf
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 12:08pm

      Darmok

      Not even close
      Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, Carrier ops until 1976 Navy 1979 Marines 1999 Navy as Op-For Aircraft
      F-8U Crusader, ops until 1987
      A-7 Corsair II, ops until May 1991 yes they served in the 1st gulf war
      You should do a little fact checking

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    • Blackw0lf
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 12:14pm

      Also it should be noted the Marines are still using the AV8 Harrier airframe

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on February 15, 2012 at 11:19am

      Last thing heard on the subject was that the U.S.S. George Bush (last of the Nimitz class) would be getting this new catapult system installed for carrier testing and eventual permanent installation. As for the rest of the CVN 78 class ships, Obummer is trying to stretch out the construction of these new ships by an extra 2 years (a new carrier every 7 years instead of every 5) which will only INCREASE the cost of each ship (which will probably be used as justification for cancelling the class, just as they used the stretched out developement period of the F-22A Raptor as an excuse to stop production at 188 aircraft instead of the original 750! They’re doing the same with the F-35 series too, by the way. If Obummer is re-coronated next January, look for the F-35 to be cancelled, and the U.S. military to be left with only old, obsolete aircraft to fight the next war with…..just like before WWII!

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    • Clear Thinker
      Posted on February 15, 2012 at 12:28pm

      Sorr, but 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the home of our nation’s president. The fact that the current occupant is a disaster does not reduce the near sanctity of that place. Watch your metaphors. The White House is NOT a “target rich” environment. We are at war with people who think like that.

      Moron.

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    • HellPhish89
      Posted on February 18, 2012 at 7:33pm

      without lookin mr anderson, i think it was the A-4? or some such. if i have th emodel wrong but around vietnam.

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  • BubbaCoop
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:56pm

    F-35Bs don’t need rails or tail hooks
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki86×1WKPmE

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    • Theleftisda
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 1:07am

      You then have to give up certain capabilities /speed,manuverabilty and payload/ but still remains
      air dominate to all other foreign aircraft (America is more than fifty years ahead of everyone in stealth
      technology) wait until you see the F-19 & F-21

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:15am

      The true stealth is more than 50 years more advanced than what you’ve seen.

      Report Post » V-MAN MACE  
    • NOBAMA201258
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 10:14am

      Rails and tailhooks don’t have very high profit margins,do they?

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:46pm

      @UNIX
      Why wait? Just off yourself now and enjoy the fruits of heaven, that’s what you really want anyway.

      Report Post » SimpleTruths  
    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 4:47pm

      The true stealth not only makes you invisible, it makes you intangible.

      You drop out of spacetime and emerge in “timespace”.

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    • FNTM
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:27pm

      Read this about “57 states” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation

      Report Post » FNTM  
    • Protoham
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 11:43pm

      @FNTM So that is where the king obummer “57 states” comment came from. Thanks for the info.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 11:54pm

      All the F35B needs is a motivated Marine, go juice, ammo, and a salute.

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    • JP4JOY
      Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:53am

      @FNTM
      It surprises me Kenya isn’t on the list.

      Report Post » JP4JOY  
  • kralspaces
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:56pm

    Who needs boots on the ground. Build up the Navy with all the future technology that I witness on the Military Channel. We can still police the world from the seas, if that is what we want. And, don’t forget about that 1-hour missle to anywhere in the world. Love this stuff.

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    • Gr8St8ofWA
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:04am

      I discovered author Dale Brown (retired USAF Captain) last year and have read (and sometimes re-read) over 20 of his books. He has two main series and some standalone books. I mention it here because he goes into great depth regarding existing and futuristic military technology and every time I see news about military development I think of Dales’ characters (McLanahan and crew) already using it. His books cover ground and space based lasers, remote pilot drones, laser radar arrays, intel satellites, battle armor, cybernetic infantry, and so on. He places realistic, trained professionals in positions to solve problems and defeat the threats facing America. All in all, very patriotic… and in my list of top five authors with Flynn and Thor.

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    • bill d
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 12:39pm

      @GR8ST8OFWA – Can you recommend any specific titles? My library system has quite a few selections including CDs by Dale Brown – I have put a hold on “Executive intent”. He sounds like Tom Clancy but maybe with more technical details ?
      Thanks,
      Bill

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  • bankerpapaw
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:55pm

    Maybe we can put Obama on one of those next November.

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    • Athinkerinaseaoflibs
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:12am

      The problem is that the electromagnetic launcher requires some metal to launch. Since the POTUS (or Teleprompter of the US–TPOUS) has no mettle it would only make him flop around. Fun to watch but would not solve anything

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    • RetiredChief
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:45am

      How do you attach a launch bar to a POS?

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    • NOBAMA201258
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 10:15am

      One way ticket to Kenya ?

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    • Athinkerinaseaoflibs
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 10:21am

      @ retired chief
      First of all–Thank you for your service assuming Chief means you were a Navy Chief. I think that you have the same problem attaching things to it as you do polishing it. From what I have seen they have been trying to polish this turd for about 3 years and guess what–it’s still a turd.

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    • your sensei
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 10:34am

      Only if we dress him in a codpiece and stand him in front of a Mission Accomplished banner.

      Report Post » your sensei  
  • brickmoon
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:53pm

    Ethel didn’t know a thing about computers until she used this one weird old tip…

    Report Post » brickmoon  
    • brickmoon
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:59pm

      And, of course that won‘t make any sense to anyone who didn’t see the original spam and Beninny’s reply below. My apologies. Those responsible have been sacked.

      Report Post » brickmoon  
    • grayling646
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 11:56pm

      And once she learned that one weird old tip she didn’t need a computer.

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:49pm

    Why is it always somebody I know, their brothers, sisters, uncle franks dog? Sounds like a scam, or spam to me.

    Report Post » Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra  
  • snufy
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:49pm

    I transported the Rolls Royce liftfans for the F-35 versions that were designed to take off and land verticle, during and after the competition between the Lockheed Martin F-35 and the Boeing F-32. The 32 looks like a flying guppie. The F-35 engines are Pratt & Whitney. The F-35 is supposed to replace the Harrier jets, F-15s, F-16s, and F-18s in several different air forces. If you noticed the shunk on the tail, that was put there because the lift fans orginate at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, CA. It is an amazing aircraft.

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    • FNTM
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:30pm

      I worked at Marietta and witnessed quite a few trial flights of the YF-35B. Quite amazing A/C.

      Report Post » FNTM  
  • Al J Zira
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:44pm

    I like the magnetic rail technology, that’s a huge upgrade for our carriers. The Navy’s also working on a magnetic rail gun for its destroyers. Right now it fires at just under Mach 8 but the goal is to have it fire at Mach 64! That’s totally insane. What do you want to bet the UN tries to tell us to scrap it because it’s not even a fair fight. An even better bet would be this president does it!

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    • HellPhish89
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 12:50am

      until they can solve the problem with the rails of the gun… no dice.

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  • MrMagoo
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:42pm

    Read ‘em and weep Russia/China.This is just the tip of the iceberg,dopes.

    Now,don’t be trying to steal OUR technology.Or Israels.

    Report Post » MrMagoo  
  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:39pm

    F-35, when you absoluetly, positively, have to drop a badass bomb load, accept no substitute. By the way for everyone saying we don’t need new planes, the F-15, F-18, F-16 are all 1970′s planes and technology. The B-52 is 60 years old, the F-117 is 40 years old, the B-1 is 40 years old. The B-2 costs over a billion dollars each. The average age of our Air Force and Naval Planes are 30-40 years old. How safe would you feel driving a 40 year old car cross country knowing if it broke down the odds are you would be killed? Like it or not, we need to update our planes, not because its cool, because the cost of maintaining an old fleet is very expensive and costly in human life.

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    • macpappy
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 12:23am

      You got your numbers a little off, but I get your point. I say build them because we can.
      The F-117 was retired in April 2008 to be replaced by the Raptor. It was 31 years old. The B-1 became the B-1-B with major overhaul in 1990, so it is still very effective.
      All new technology needs to be implemented into our weapons as soon as possible.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 7:59pm

      I am only going on when they were designed and tested. the actual age of the aircraft vary, but you get the point. The F-117 was actually designed in the 1970′s, so 40 years is about right. B-1 was designed in the 1970′s, but you are right, the total refit started in the late 1980′s

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:39pm

    I feel the need for SPEED!!!!

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  • Eliasim
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:39pm

    What visions do most people have when they look and think about the world? I know for most they have little comprehension, and they know something is wrong but they really don’t have any vision other than the earthly things currently in front of them. A handful know hard times are coming. When I look I see visions of rampant world-wide chaos and nuclear holocaust; mothers and Fathers tearing up their families; rampant burglaries and murders, and frequent literal cannibalism. That’s my visions.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:47pm

      It looks like the “Terminator” Movie, minus the machines still flying around because EMP’s will have destroyed most machines.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:51pm

      You do know that people are going to destroy their living environment don’t you with nuclear war? They have to, because they have to know what it looks like in order to not like it very much.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:53pm

      They will because it is the way of men. Their heart has an evil imagination since the dawn of time.

      Report Post »  
    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 11:10pm

      For example: most people are not currently cannibals because at some point thousands of years ago the world was full of people, and rampant cannibalism was happening. Deep, deep inside in your soul you know it is wrong, because a small small part of your soul has seen it before. And just like that is the same reason there will be global nuclear holocaust, because people have not seen it before, and you don’t know deep inside nuclear weapons are bad news. Hence, someday far in the future when someone thinks again of nuclear power plus men, they will keep it to themselves and never ever tell another soul, because they will know it is bad news.

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    • UFOCPrez
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 12:12am

      You sound like a victim. Can you go hang out somewhere else? Most people here are rugged individuals that have hope and are fighters. You are collapsing faster than a punctured lung. You’ll be one of the first people eaten with that kind of an attitude young man. The goal is to be thy eater, not thy eaten. Get in shape so that you can out run zombies.

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    • TheVoice1
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 12:45am

      Eliasim

      are you off your troll meds again…. lol

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    • macpappy
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 1:06am

      I think you are a bit confused and like to read your own post. But hey, if talking to yourself on a website keeps you from doing some silly, or dangerous thing to another, by all means expound away brother.

      Report Post » macpappy  
    • flfshrmn
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 11:15am

      “You don’t die for your country,
      you make the other bastard die for his.”
      - Gen. George S. Patton

      The United States should never feel bad about being the biggest dog in the fight! No matter what the president says.

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    • scjeff
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 3:13pm

      Every movie from the left-wing Hollywood idiots points to this kind of godless horde, wildly savaging one another over the last scraps of food and shelter. It is what people without hope and substance envision.

      Just look at what the realities have been where normal folks live when disasters struck. 9/11, tornadoes in Alabama, flooding in the midwest have all shown the kindness and willingness to help.

      However, Katrina showed what happens when you have an enslaved (by welfare) population completely dependent on the government for food and shelter.

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  • wellhangingchad
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:34pm

    They should have called the launch sytem “EMAiLS”. Sounds cooler to say that u emailed the jet instead of emal.

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    • Anti_Spock
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 11:45pm

      EMAUL is better. Thats whats gonna happen to any foe… they gonna get mauled baby!

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    • wbalzley
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:55pm

      @Anti-Spock: EMAUL…Sweet!

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  • qzak491
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:34pm

    Is it just me or is anyone else wondering why they are catapulting this thing from a runway.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:41pm

      To test it, instead of shooting it off an aircraft carrier and possibly crashing the plane and killing a pilot. It is a simulation of an aircraft carrier launch, this C version is for the Navy.

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    • OlefromMN
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:47pm

      They test the technology on surfaces that are forgiving (note the candy cane on the starboard side designating a mark equaling a carrier deck). That way if the experiment goes awry the pilot can run out the strip rather than plunge into the ocean.

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    • grayling646
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 11:59pm

      Yeah, because the end of the runway on a Carrier is wet.

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    • natstew
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 12:08pm

      testing before going to carriers…….and short runways in combat zones?

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  • Hermano
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:32pm

    I suspect this system would not suffer from the occasional thrust failure experienced by steam powered systems.

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  • BenInNY
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:30pm

    I know your roommate’s mom. There’s no way Ethel even knows how to turn a laptop on.

    Report Post » BenInNY  
  • Stoic one
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:30pm

    cool

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  • Eliasim
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:27pm

    The amount of corruption in the world is pitiful. This world is so doomed you just really have no idea.

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    • BluifoxEd
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 11:46pm

      Take a pill already. Your depressing.

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    • Carter John
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:29am

      Keep on topic please. This is the one about new tech

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:51pm

      You realize you could say the same thing about the world at just about any time in history? This is no different and things will be fine, have a cold beverage and relax a bit will ya.

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    • nappy
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 6:36pm

      go hide somewhere.

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  • Skul
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:27pm

    Looks really strange without the steam.

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    • NeptunusRex
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 7:49am

      No steam IS kinda spooky, guessing doen’t have the SLAM noise of the stteam cats either. Would’ve liked that when I aboard USS Enterprise, berthing right below the flight deck!

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  • Tear Em Up
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:25pm

    The last time the federal government tried to force all branches of the military to use one fighter, it was during the 70s, under the Cater administration. The result was the F111. Eventually it ended up being a decent wild weasel but, it never panned out in the roll for which it was intended. One of the big O’s first moves was to eliminate the F22 project, in favor of this. Is this history repeating itself?

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/mikeleeandterrymartin/Number_91_Nov._26th._2011.mp3

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:45pm

      F-4 was the last joint fighter, and it worked out pretty well. The last attempt at a joint fighter was the F-16/F-17 fly off, the F-16 won, but was a single engine. The Navy threw a fit and wouldn’t accept it, so they chose the F-17, which became the F-18. It was crap, with a low thrust to weight ratio, until they upgraded the engines 10 years later. Now it’s not a bad fighter, but it is still very old.

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    • tzion
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:49pm

      Last time I checked I was certain the F-35 was developed before anyone had even heard of Obama. In fact, I’m 99% certain I heard about the F-35 before I knew who Obama was. And the way they made sure they were getting a plane that worked was to have various companies competing to design it.

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    • BOMUSTGO
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 5:46am

      It was in the 60′s that they wanted the F-111 to be the ONE fighter for the Air Force and Navy.The Navy did not like it. It was no fighter.Today we can do this as our planes are lighter and have better all around performance.

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    • FNTM
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:37pm

      TZION has his assumptions correct. F-35 was developed in late 1990 – early 2000s as the YF-35 and the flying example was the B variant as opposed to the Boeing company’s NON-Flying version of a guppy.

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  • Pbizzel
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:24pm

    One word…….Badass!

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  • Uranium Wedge
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:23pm

    First comment.. IN YOUR FACE SPACE COYOTE!!!!

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  • Sgt.Moto
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:23pm

    railgun tech?

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  • last frontier
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:22pm

    That’s pretty cool, we need to attach one to all the furniture in the Whitehouse.

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    • kcinco
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:35pm

      ..while the residents are sitting in it

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  • ottodiedacktick
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:19pm

    This jet fighter is going to come in handy when we fight terrorists. Let’s spend ourselves into oblivion!
    Oh no, wait, let’s give the plans to the Chinese and then we can put in an order for the next generation.

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    • C-Delta Conductor
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:24pm

      I cannot agree more. I’ll also add that the U.S. should stop being Europe’s military and use those funds to… I don’t know… pay off our 15 trillion dollar debt. These military bobbles will do nothing to secure our freedom from threats abroad, they are just blow back for military industrialists that are looting the American tax payer.

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    • dal743
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:27pm

      Shut up Stupid!

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    • duke5015
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:40pm

      If you look at the CBO reports, I think even you can see the spending that has taken place that is just stupid has nothing to do with the military

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    • Anti_Spock
      Posted on November 30, 2011 at 11:47pm

      What a couple of idiots. Yeah… lets shelve technology to bolster China and Russia into conquering Europe and Asia… while we sit back and negotiate ourselves into a nuclear surprise attack.

      Morons.

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    • C-Delta Conductor
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 1:03am

      This is why the United States and all of the rest of the world has a debt problem… correction: is on the verge of economic collapse. Everybody has their goodies, medicaid, social security and all of the other Great Society programs, or perhaps military and defense spending. It’s time to be honest ’cause there ain’t much time left, all government expenditure needs to be cut… even the parts that are legitimate functions of a State.

      However, ignorant fools who think that a couple of new jets at several hundred million a piece plus the billions spent in development will stop a Chinese army the size of OUR ENTIRE POPULATION will continue to spend until our dust mingles with that of the Roman Empire.

      DEBT CLOCK: $15,066,881,600,000

      If there is no State, of what use is a new EM Jet launcher to protect it?

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    • C-Delta Conductor
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 1:07am

      Let me add, why are we still talking about our cold war enemies. If you folks haven’t noticed Communism from abroad is no longer the moral and existential threat to our lives and values and fortunes, rather it’s Communism inside of this nation from both sides of the isle.

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 5:02am

      Yea its called Progressive politics. It doesnt differentiate Dem from Rep. 2 sides of the same coin. and they are easy to expose, just ask them about the FED and monitary policy. The answer will be your identifier. FED = BAD (true conservative) > Fed = Good or necessary (Progressive). PERIOD!!

      WAKE UP!!

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    • Jezcruzen
      Posted on December 1, 2011 at 7:51am

      If it is peace you desire, you had better well prepare for war. It is only the strong that can be neutral. It is only an imbecile who thinks there will be no need for the F-35 and whatever other advancements that will be forthcoming to bolster even more our military strength and capability. It wasn’t terrorists that launched that ICBM off the coast of California earlier this year. It isn’t the terrorists who just docked a group of advanced warships in a Syrian port. It wasn’t terrorists that just told Poland that if Poland installs ABM batteries, they will be attacked. Besides, I would much rather the money confiscated from me by the feds go towards by overall protection rather than to welfare queens!

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