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> American jets need a shiny aircraft carrier and a coin can mess them up. Marine variants are VTOL, USAF operates no carriers. As for the coin story, I'm sure
by mieseratte 9y ago
> American jets need a shiny aircraft carrier and a coin can mess them up.
Marine variants are VTOL, USAF operates no carriers. As for the coin story, I'm sure you're confusing A) carrier FOD sweeps, which are because small debris traveling at high-speed will cause serious damage or B) one of those stories about some old Chinese woman throwing coins into a jet engine and causing a major delay and extrapolating from there.
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