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Two weeks and you’ll be so buried in shame we won’t have to worry about you infecting anything anymore... will we... 😜👌
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: carewemust
The president can be impeached. If Congress so decrees. Any "deal" has no bearing on that.
Can he be charged by the Special Counsel? That would be a question for the SCOTUS. Can he be tried?
Nice try.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: SwissMarked
What will I have to be ashamed of in two weeks, pray tell?
ATS? This country?
You’ve been ashamed of this country for longer than you can remember
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: SwissMarked
You’ve been ashamed of this country for longer than you can remember
You are mistaken. Ashamed at times of some people who represent us? Yes.
Nobody represents me except for the one person I can hold accountable
Then you're lying. Because I am not ashamed of my country, nor have I been.
I’m not mistaken
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: SwissMarked
Nobody represents me except for the one person I can hold accountable
Then you don't understand how a Republic works. Whether or not you participate in it.
Then you're lying. Because I am not ashamed of my country, nor have I been.
I’m not mistaken
I fully understand how a republic Works..
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: SwissMarked
I fully understand how a republic Works..
Then how can you say you are not represented?
a republic works a democracy bullies
WE shelled out billions on weapons known as the “iPhone of fighter jets”. Now they’re gathering dust — and could put us in trouble.....
These delays have, in turn, blown the project’s global budget out more than $163 billion, leaving Australia in a precarious financial situation.
So why has this defence project been described as a “dud deal” for Australia?.....
DELAYS
The F-35 program was officially launched in 2001 but it dates back to the 1990s.
It has, so far, failed to meet many of its development targets and continues to rack up additional costs with each problem it encounters.
The fighter jets cost a staggering $140 million each and have been plagued by computer system failures, software delays and breakdowns.
University of NSW defence technology expert Jai Galliott said the jets were fast becoming outdated due to the delays.
“By the time we have fully operational fleets of these aircraft, their skills will be significantly less than what might have been the case back when we signed the deal,” Dr Galliott said.
Dr Galliott said we did it to keep our mates in the US happy. “This deal was a dud from the start,” he said. “I mean, how much should you have to pay to have your best buddy come and protect you?”
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: SwissMarked
I fully understand how a republic Works..
Then how can you say you are not represented?
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: SwissMarked
a republic works a democracy bullies
Funny how Australia, a constitutional monarchy, is bullied by a republic the US to fund the F35 fighter. Gotta keep the fear up up
www.news.com.au... f91f652ea6
WE shelled out billions on weapons known as the “iPhone of fighter jets”. Now they’re gathering dust — and could put us in trouble.....
These delays have, in turn, blown the project’s global budget out more than $163 billion, leaving Australia in a precarious financial situation.
So why has this defence project been described as a “dud deal” for Australia?.....
DELAYS
The F-35 program was officially launched in 2001 but it dates back to the 1990s.
It has, so far, failed to meet many of its development targets and continues to rack up additional costs with each problem it encounters.
The fighter jets cost a staggering $140 million each and have been plagued by computer system failures, software delays and breakdowns.
University of NSW defence technology expert Jai Galliott said the jets were fast becoming outdated due to the delays.
“By the time we have fully operational fleets of these aircraft, their skills will be significantly less than what might have been the case back when we signed the deal,” Dr Galliott said.
Dr Galliott said we did it to keep our mates in the US happy. “This deal was a dud from the start,” he said. “I mean, how much should you have to pay to have your best buddy come and protect you?”
Tell me again you know what a true Republic is.
In this sense, bringing the manned F-35 to an unmanned war is essentially the modern equivalent of bring a knife to a gun fight, and a blunt one at that.
While it is true that despite heavy international investment in unmanned aircraft systems, the associated technologies and software algorithms have not yet progressed to a point such that any remotely or autonomously operated fighter jet can manoeuvre and react to fast-changing dynamics in a combat environment anywhere near as effectively as an aircraft such as the F-22 Raptor, the margin of improvement offered by an aircraft like the F-35 over a purpose-built combat drone does not seem to represent a good return on investmen