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Devices => PC's and Other Hardware => Topic started by: Mr ChriZ on February 23, 2008, 10:09:03 am

Title: Ouch thats expensive
Post by: Mr ChriZ on February 23, 2008, 10:09:03 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7260231.stm

Title: Re: Ouch thats expensive
Post by: Magic_Randy on February 23, 2008, 10:29:18 am

Maybe the high cost is what helped save the pilots

... both pilots had ejected safely before the plane came down

Title: Re: Ouch thats expensive
Post by: Mr ChriZ on February 23, 2008, 11:06:22 am

That's gotta be a good tale to tell your grandkids
"I crashed a B2 Stealth Bomber and lived to tell the tale"    :)

Title: Re: Ouch thats expensive
Post by: KingSparta on February 23, 2008, 12:08:50 pm

Sequence Of Events

1. Grounded
2. Blood Drawn
3. Urinalyses
4. Investigation
5. Pilot Error

Title: Re: Ouch thats expensive
Post by: fitbrit on February 26, 2008, 02:05:18 pm

Quote from: Magic_Randy on February 23, 2008, 10:29:18 am

Maybe the high cost is what helped save the pilots

... both pilots had ejected safely before the plane came down

There are cheaper options that work just as well if saving pilots is your main goal.

Title: Re: Ouch thats expensive
Post by: KingSparta on February 26, 2008, 07:36:46 pm

Ejection Systems Are Cheap In Comparison.

What Is Expensive Is Anti-Jamming, Radar Jamming (Or Stealth Technology),  Munition Guidance, Night Vision, Lasers (For Some Guided Munitions), And Most Of That Is Not Off the Shelf Technology (You Can't Buy It At K-Mart).

You Must Keep Upgrading The Technologies So You Don't Have Other Countries Defeating Your Technology's before You Take Off From The Ground When You Go To War.