Thursday, December 19, 2002

F-22 Raptor. The F-22 Raptor is the next generation fighter for the United States. At nearly 97 million each, it will be deployed in 2004.This site gives a remarkably detailed report regarding its design and function. Including such gems as "first-look, first-shot, first-kill capability" and " Humans are good differentiators, but they are poor integrators." [MetaFilter] I'm sorry, that's $97 million per plane? For fighters? Jesus. Here's the thing: if there's competition enough to merit spending $97 million per plane on a new design, rather than significantly less per plane on F-16s, F-15s, or F-14s, then that competition is probably going to take out a few of your spankin' new $97 million planes. Which seems to me to be a waste of a hundred million freakin' dollars. Fuck. And people are going hungry right now.

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Iraq accused of UN violation. The US ambassador to the UN says the "omissions" in Iraq's weapons declaration constitute a material breach of a UN resolution. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition] For some reason, I've got "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" stuck in my head after reading this.
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I've done it. I think I've come up with the perfect Xmas present for A____. I'm not telling, 'cos she could be reading - can't be too safe with a good secret. And I think this is a GOOD one. =)
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