Carriers

[Sadic]

But we don't build 2 billion dollar bombers which can not fly under raining conditions... Oh I forgot that you spent another 200 M$ per bomber to change that...

This discussion is totally silly. I could make a lot of bad jokes on USA or on any other country in the world, but I don't think we are here for that.

 

[Ghost]

Originally posted by LeHah


Thats right. First they have to make the biggest military error of the 20th Century before they surrender to foriegn occupation.

Maginot line?

 

[Bandit LOAF]

The "$2 billion" pricetag on the B-2 is a misnomer thrown around by politicians who want to complain about military spending -- it's so high because so few have been built... and so you divide the total development cost by 20 instead of hundreds like you might with another aircraft. The price will be much less if more are ever needed...

 

[LeHah]

Originally posted by Ghost
Maginot line?

"Hmm... How do we stop the German invasion? Oh! We'll build a giant concrete wall! Wait, what do you mean they have planes?"

 

[Supdon3]

Or, "How did they get by us?"
"I think they went around."

 

[dacis2]

i thought they dug really big holes under the huge concrete wall

 

[LeHah]

And on that note, I think Confed just took away that nice little Special Ops tag on your sig...

 

[OriginalPhoenix]

Originally posted by Iceberg
I have a copy of the naval aviation manual from USS Midway CV 41. According to that manual, the "V" in CV stands for "aviation."

(Been on vacation, sorry for dredging this back into the thread, but....)

In all my years of studying military history, I have never, ever, seen a reference that states the 'V' stands for 'aviation'. I believe the manual you speak of is merely simplifying the explanation I gave earlier -- that the 'V' stands for a Latin term describing the aircraft themselves as "heavier than air" (an explanation that I have seen referenced many times over the years). This would make a certain amount of sense, as Latin is for all intents and purposes a dead language.