https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2024/06/v-22s-wont-return-full-flight-operations-until-mid-2025/397343/?oref=d1-homepage-top-story
I think 
the tilt-rotor concept has a lot of potential but this is the worst defense procurement program 
ever. I remember in the '90s it was already crashing and way over time and budget. It should 
have been ready 
25 fricking 
years ago and it's still not today. There 
is something 
deeply wrong 
with our society 
when nobody has been executed or even sent to prison 
over all the money 
and lives 
lost.
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/u/UR_WRONG_ABOUT_V22 would explain why its a terrible decision if he was still here with us
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He unironically died doing what he loved
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It's not even close. That goes to the independence class littoral combat ships. The Navy has sunk bullions into those pieces of shit, and they're completely unfit for combat. They're already slated for decommissioning.
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They used them fwor 4 years and are gwoing two thwow them intwo stworage.
That's such a buwwshit reaswon. "Ah jeez, I've dwonye ewerything I cwould two make the upgwade swooo expensive, swo I guess it's unyavoidable."
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They wanted ships that did one thing well and they would lose during a war. Congress mentally cannot handle losing ships so they instead gave money for womderwaffen ships that couldn't do anything.
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Oh yeah. And the Zumwalt. The Navy managed to piss away its entire budget for research and procurement 2000-2020.
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What's funny is they may be refitting it for long range missiles.
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The Bell V-280 Valor, which is replacing the black hawk, seems to have learned a lot of hard lessons from the Osprey and is a much better aircraft. One example is only the blades tilt not the whole engine so it doesn't fry the landing deck.
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It looks so silly.
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https://www.bellflight.com/-/media/site-specific/bell-flight/images/2-products/bell-v-280/features/bell-v-280-cockpit-concept.jpg but it has a dashboard like a heckin cadillac tho
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due to crashing
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