• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    18 hours ago

    I mean, it’s not that they’re faulty. It’s that they’re manufactured by a now overt gangster who may pull the plug, if there’s a plug to pull. And tbh I’d be a little surprised if they didn’t engineer a plug that can be pulled, independent of the physical logistics supply chain.

    I repeat, as an American: do not trust our government, in any capacity. We are not your ally any more. I fucking hate that, but that doesn’t matter. Please. For the love of whatever god or honor or morals you hold dear: act accordingly. Do not be naive. Take this seriously. Save yourselves.

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      13 hours ago

      Nah they’re kinda shit actually

      Like, it’s only “cool” in the sense wünderwaffen is cool. Yet, wünderwaffen costed Nazis the war, and it’s the same tale again

      Sorry but this shit is riling up lost airframes to accidents without an active war and under perfect maintenance, I don’t think it’s going to hold steady in a war AT ALL

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        11 hours ago

        It is the most advanced fighter in the world, by far. The Saab jets aren’t really close and would lose pretty much every simulated encounter with them by a few hundred miles.

        But that doesn’t make them good for the world. Still, their technical ability should be ignored only at your own peril. It’s a stupid thing to not acknowledge the effectiveness of an enemy weapon. But it is now an enemy weapon for much of the world that were former allies.

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          11 hours ago

          I AM acknowledging the fact that they’re advanced, however, just like thay French artillery system in Ukraine, you will often see “cool shit” wünderwaffen shit the bed in actual combat

          Pavement princess vs. workhorse, tale as old as time