Oopsie, Not So Invisible After All. A Laser Jammer for the F-35.
This is the directed laser jammer being developed by Northrop for retrofitting to the F-35 stealth light attack bomber. These jammers operate by firing laser beams at the sensors of…
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F-35 Could Cost Canada 71-Billion Dollars
It’s only 25-billion more than the current estimates of the Department of National Defence but, hey, it’s only money. A worst-case scenario of cost risks in a Department of National…
Cash Crunch Offers New Insights Into the F-35.
The United States Air Force is scrambling to protect the F-35 light attack bomber from the threat of cancellation. There has been talk over the past week that the F-35,…
Maybe We Shouldn’t Put All our Eggs in One Aerial Basket
Britain did something profoundly stupid in the early 30s. It invested a huge amount of its air force budget in twin-engine, light bombers. These designs were easily capable of out-running…
Canada’s F-35 Blueprints Stolen By China
Among the weapons listed in the report were the advanced Patriot missile system, the Navy’s Aegis ballistic missile defense systems, the F/A-18 fighter jet, the V-22 Osprey, the Black Hawk…
Why Not Buy the Chinese Version Just Like Wal-Mart Does?
A confidential Pentagon report leaked to the Washington Post accuses hackers of stealing the designs of many of America’s most advanced weapons systems. Experts warn that the electronic intrusions gave…
Why Does the F-35 Have Just One Engine? Blame It On Those Damned JarHeads.
A huge limiting factor of the F-35 is that it has just one engine. In a vast, sparsely populated country with extreme weather (yes, that would be Canada), twin-engine reliability…
Crunching the F-35 Numbers. It’s Anything You Want.
There’s one thing F-35 pilots won’t be seeing as much as they’d like – the inside of an F-35. Instead they’ll be spending a good deal more time pretending to…
The Need for Speed, Why Go Anywhere Without It?
When you’re going “state of the art” you always run the risk that the adversaries you have in mind will quickly find the Achilles’ Heel(s) in your latest & greatest…
Nuclear Fangs for the F-35 – Obama’s Light Bomber
Don’t Worry, This Will Only Hurt for a Second The United States is refurbishing 200 nuclear bombs for use aboard the F-35 light attack bomber. The old B-61 gravity bombs…
Today’s weather: blue skies, seasonally adjusted temperature of Fahrenheit 78, not 451
You can’t trust anything you read on a website that is not coloured blue. This is important to remember. If you accidentally open a website that is not blue, turn…
The Netherlands Parks the F-35
The Dutch already have one F-35 and they’re due to get another in just a few months. They’re the first of what was supposed to be an 85 aircraft purchase.…
Minuscule Canadian Taxpayers Federation in running for ‘Turfy Award’
Former Canadian Taxpayers Federation Alberta Director Scott Hennig, now the group’s Communications VP, in a nice AstroTurf-coloured sweater at last weekend’s Ottawa conference of the Manning Centre for Undermining Democracy.…
About that Blind Spot. Don’t Worry, Be Happy.
Lockheed’s troubled F-35 is attracting criticism due to pilot complaints that they can’t see what’s behind them. They can’t “check their six” man, bummer. Who cares? If you’re piloting an…
Wringing More Life Out of Canada’s CF-18s
The Harper government has decided to upgrade Canada’s aging fleet of CF-18s to buy a little time while it tries to sort out its blunder over the F-35. Sources said…
Please, Not In Front of The Children
The U.S. Air Force general responsible for the troubled F-35 light attack bomber programme caused a stir with his blunt criticisms of the principal contractors, Lockheed-Martin and Pratt & Whitney.…
Australia Orders Another Two Dozen F-18 Super Hornets
Another apparent setback for the F-35 light attack bomber. The Pentagon has informed Congress of plans to sell twelve more F-18 E/F Super Hornets plus a dozen electronic warfare F-18…
Ugly Problems Loom for F-35 Light Bomber
Australia is becoming nervous about the planned purchase of 100 Lockheed F-35 light strike bombers. The fighter’s soaring costs have produced rising consternation in Australia, with a number of politicians…
Holy Sit
Kids were getting chemical burns from a toilet seat (and probably desk, for a boy with burned elbows) at an Ottawa area school. Most likely the disinfectant was sprayed on…
Pentagon Lowers the Bar on the F-35 – Again!
This line from Wired.com says it all: America’s latest stealth fighter just got heavier, slower and more sluggish. For the second time in a year, the Pentagon has eased the…