Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Nearly a Quarter of a Billion Dollars For One Radio-Controlled Airplane

That is about what the Air Force is paying for each new "Global Hawk" surveillance drone.

The usual cost-overruns and Air Force gold-plated procurement is to blame. The boys in the redyed-army uniforms, like the rest of their compatriots at Fort Fumble, have yet to figure out how to make shit without breaking the bank. The defense contractors know how to play the game; they bring in their bids at a low-ball estimate and figure that they can make their money with the inevitable change orders. And they do.

This fucking drone will end up costing more than a F-22.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is the command link hackable?

Just askin' . . . ;-)

Comrade Misfit said...

You might want to ask the Russians or the Chinese.

Oldfool said...

"We have met the enemy and he is us." -Pogo

Unknown said...

Home-built drone for elint:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/men-build-small-flying-spy-drone-that-cracks-wi-fi-and-cell-data/

I'm guessing a quarter mil would buy about 50,000 of them.

Frank Van Haste said...

...at least, unlike the F-22's, the Predators are flying.

(I guess that if you don't have a pilot, there's no way to poison him/her.)