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Don't bother. Threads like this just become mindless ragefests from people with political axes to grind and sites like vice know how to exploit these feelings f

Don't bother. Threads like this just become mindless ragefests from people with political axes to grind and sites like vice know how to exploit these feelings for ad impressions. Liberal doves also want anything to attack new weapon systems spending. Its an ugly scene altogether and accurate information and commentary about military programs are lacking. I've lived through a few major weapons systems changes and its all the same. Heck, anyone who has ever worked on a large project knows this stuff is fairly common. A lot of people don't want this thing in the air, especially Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. Its a very capable weapons system and fills a much needed role. Its crazy a lazily sourced article like this could make it to the front page of HN. It reads like my grandmother wrote it, "THE AIRPLANE IS RUN BY A COMPUTER! TECHNOLOGY IS SCARY!" To compete on this level, automation and complexity are required. Its silly to think we are going to back to how planes were designed 50 years ago.

outworlder 11y ago
> Its a very capable weapons system and fills a much needed role. Which role?
hackuser 11y ago
> Liberal doves also want anything to attack new weapon systems spending I generally agree with your points, but not this one. I've seen no partisan bias in the criticism, and John McCain is the biggest critic of this program, which is being pushed by the Obama administration. In fact, IME most of the criticism comes from the temper-tantrum-of-the-week branch of the GOP. Also, Democrats have become hawkish; almost everyone says they are for a strong military including Clinton and Obama. There aren't many of those knee-jerk doves left - can you name a prominent one?
engi_nerd 11y ago
I also think threads like this suffer a bit from the overall population that comes here. By this site's very nature, the posters and commenters don't tend to be people with military aviation and/or flight testing experience.

outworlder 11y ago

> Its a very capable weapons system and fills a much needed role. Which role?

hackuser 11y ago

> Liberal doves also want anything to attack new weapon systems spending I generally agree with your points, but not this one. I've seen no partisan bias in the criticism, and John McCain is the biggest critic of this program, which is being pushed by the Obama administration. In fact, IME most of the criticism comes from the temper-tantrum-of-the-week branch of the GOP. Also, Democrats have become hawkish; almost everyone says they are for a strong military including Clinton and Obama. There aren't many of those knee-jerk doves left - can you name a prominent one?

engi_nerd 11y ago

I also think threads like this suffer a bit from the overall population that comes here. By this site's very nature, the posters and commenters don't tend to be people with military aviation and/or flight testing experience.