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On April 21, 2009, the Department of Defense announced the theft of 1.5 terabytes of data on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the platform meant give the United States and her allies air superiority for the next 40 years. In a flash, all that was gone, $300 billion dollars of funding down the drain, every system, defense, offense, stealth, everything needed to build one or shoot it down, all gone. Day one, China was accused but it wasn’t China, it wasn’t Iran, it wasn’t Pakistan. The theft left a clear signature, one identical to the data Wikileaks has been receiving, sources inside the Pentagon repeating the actions of Israeli-Soviet spy, Jonathan Pollard. As vital as the F-35 is to America’s defense, Pollard’s triumph on behalf of Soviet Russia and Israel dwarfs the current espionage coup.
Originally posted by NeverApologize
reply to post by Vitchilo
Not possible. Don't people understand that things like this are backed up many times over? If I do one drawing in BOGART or in Catia, it is backed up every minute silently in the background. Data is NEVER lost. This is laughable at best. Stolen? Perhaps! Lost? Suuuuure...
Originally posted by NeverApologize
reply to post by Vitchilo
Do YOU understand how minute 1.5 TeraBytes is on a military project? 1.5 Terabytes could equal ONE section/zone of an aircraft. For example, where I work we split things into Zones based on STA, WL, BL. (Station, water, and buttline).
The V-22 is split into many zones. The exact amount can not be disclosed. Let me assure you though that there are more than 50.
My point is this. 1.5 Terabytes sounds to me like BULL. It is probably the light fixture or a piece of the air crafts skin. Again, split into zones which are mere feet or inches large.
I understand that I misread the article. Upon re-reading it is clear to me that a poop particle of information was either lost/stolen/or compromised...
Just to clarify for ya there sport...
Example: (Non-Classified) Wire routing of the landing gear, and landing gear ONLY: APRX - 2.8 TERA's...edit on 7-11-2010 by NeverApologize because: example of the small scale of data