The Pentagon's Supersonic, Shape-Shifting Assassin

grammar fascist writes "CNN reports that Northrop Grumman is under contract to build a new supersonic, shape-shifting bomber by 2020. The main innovation is in its single, rotating wing. From the article: '[It] will cruise with its 200-foot-long wing perpendicular to its engines like a normal airplane. But just before the craft breaks the sound barrier, its single wing will swivel around 60 degrees (hence the name) so that one end points forward and the other back. This oblique configuration redistributes the shock waves that pile up in front of a plane at Mach speeds and cause drag. When the Switchblade returns to subsonic speeds, the wing will rotate back to perpendicular.'"

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Re:Yihaa!

[mgabrys_sf]

Obvously not an American - or even North American - if you're spelling Yeeha, "Yihaa".

So, are we bombing you presently, or did we bomb you in the past - and how are you / did you enjoy it?

And if anyone died - could you give us some details for their exit interview?

Number one: how many fleshy bits flew around after impact.

Number two: were the fleshy bits dog-food shaped, or more like a watermelon exploding?

Number three: did you try to use vinegar to remove the fleshy bits stains from your clothing? Soaking in cold water may also help.

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Re:Britain isn't a major European economy?

[torstenvl]

A person who cares more about military spending than social spending is putting kick-the-shit-out-of-the-other-guy nationalism above community well-being. When you're so bent on destruction of the Other that you'll hurt the people in your own community to do it, you're pretty dang fascist.

Re:Shape shifting?

[MagicM]

Oh yeah? Well, you both suck!

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Re:Budget Priortites

[killjoe]

"Have you ever heard of NASA? "

Yes I have heard of NASA. You fucking completely missed the point. Can you even read you fucking moron. What the fuck kind of a republitard are you???

Instead of spending money building bombers which do nobody any good how about spending the money with NASA and actually expanding our knowledge of the universe? NASAs budget is what? 16.2 billion last I checked. US is spending 100 billion per year in Iraq alone!. Why not spend that 100 billion per year on something good and will advance mankind instead of killing brown people till they accept the govt we chose for them?

The military can still have the rest of the money, let's just take the money being spent on Iraq.