And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wasn't the V-22 cancelled, then brought back to life by Dick Cheney? When I checked the unit readiness of that fleet was around 40%; vibration causes cracks in the composite elements, and the harmonics of those huge props shortens the life of everything, including the crew.
The .gov reports that the Osprey has more hours in service than any other current military aircraft. That higher serviceability seems to come with the downside that almost every failure is a catastrophic failure, leading to a very low occupant survival rate.
The "Osprey" is a deadly boondoggle. It should never have gone into production.
ReplyDeleteMeh. It's only tax dollars. And when it crashes, the lives of insignificant peons.
ReplyDeleteBoth worthless.
ReplyDeleteThe Osprey for sure, but not that hummer.
Deletewidowmaker, plain&simple.
ReplyDeleteI would never set foot in an Osprey. Got to wonder how much the procurement officers in the pentagon were paid off to approve that death trap.
ReplyDeleteWasn't the V-22 cancelled, then brought back to life by Dick Cheney?
ReplyDeleteWhen I checked the unit readiness of that fleet was around 40%; vibration causes cracks in the composite elements, and the harmonics of those huge props shortens the life of everything, including the crew.
The fuselage of the V-22 was not large enough to contain the Humvee. It was a monumental error.
ReplyDeleteBring back the CH-46.
ReplyDeleteThe .gov reports that the Osprey has more hours in service than any other current military aircraft. That higher serviceability seems to come with the downside that almost every failure is a catastrophic failure, leading to a very low occupant survival rate.
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