F-22 Raptor Might Be In Trouble

[partspro]

Which jet is better of the two, F-22 or F-35?

MY vote goes to the Typhoon Euro Fighter, when you get Angels High first, you will destroy the enemy. BTW, the F15 ESE is being built, fly by wire and massive upgrades

 

[partspro]

I believe that the President that left a mess on Monica's dress cooperated quite well with China !!

 

[edyvw]

China is a technological powerhouse. We are in decline and it won't be too long before we are seriously surprised by some new wonder weapon. However, I'm not at all sure the hypersonic missile is that new fearsome Chinese weapon. I wonder how a Mach 10 hypersonic weapon can maneuver to shoot down a fighter jet? It is already incredibly difficult to get stable airflow and combustion in hypersonics. We've been working on them for North of 70 years.

Clearly, rockets can do the job of warhead delivery, and while some can now be intercepted, no one can get them all. The hypersonic is just another tool for delivery.

Not really. Technological powerhouses are democracies not authoritarian regimes. They can have 5min, but invention and innovation is primarily driven by free thinking.
Once innovations speed ahead they also pull other things that have far reaching societal consequences. Once that happens, authoritarian regimes close in, suffocating further innovation as it represents existential threat to those who hold power.

 

[HankHill]

What kind of company was it? I know in my field we don't typically work on any government classified projects, and an employer is not allowed to discriminate (or even ask) about citizenship status. They can't even find out with the I-9 if an employee presents an ID with a SSN card. I do remember applications where I was asked about whether or not I was a current citizen of specific countries, but as far as I know that's not allowed to be used to make a decision - only to determine if someone might need to be vetted further.

I'm not sure what can be done to prove loyalty or at least that people aren't necessarily spies based on national origin. I have an older friend who was born in China, but fled to Taiwan with his family when the nationalist government fell. He's not a fan of communism per se, but he's a huge fan of China. Even back in the 80s, when people asked, he thought of himself as being from China and being Chinese was the biggest part of his identity. But he was senior management at a defense contractor and a naturalized US citizen with access to classified information mostly regarding the work he did. I remember when he made an extended visit to China where he was going to also give a lecture, he had to be briefed on what was acceptable information to share with people there.

I worked in places where it was great because there weren't really any cliques based on national or ethnic origin per se. We would all go out together, talk together, and socialize together. The Indians strangely enough didn't form their own cliques, and the odd thing was that English was usually their common language because they didn't speak each other's native languages. Those who spoke Chinese were from all over - Taiwan, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, and even Macau.

What would be your solution then? Companies being allowed to legally discriminate against people based on national origin? Where would it end? I mean - Israel has tried to gather classified American information surreptitiously through defense contractors and members of the US military.

Your location tells me all I need to know about you!

 

[2EHA]

Demographics are destiny as they say. China is going to age out before they become THE global super power due to sticking with their one child policy a few decades too long.

bingo

the chinese implosion will be sudden and rapid and the rest of the world will have to figure out how to contain it