Canada is considering other options to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The Saab Gripen is one of their options. And this economic fact caught my attention: At well under $100 million apiece and the lowest operating cost of any fighter in the world at $4,700 an hour the Gripen is cost-effective and competent.
Be sure to check out the French Dassault Rafale jet taking off from CVN-69 and CVN-74
If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. –Elizabeth Peters, The Last Camel Died at Noon
Um, look closely at the Chinese girls, below, at a bar. Do you see what they are doing?
Chinese Women Carrier Style (航母style)
Yes, the bar girls are inspired by the take-off and landings of J-15s on China’s new Liaoning aircraft carrier. Here is the USS Stennis’ LSO launching a plane:
You got to get lower, ladies, like the LCDR. For more Chinese news, please read about tough, good guy Shen Jianzhong. . .
Every state of society is as luxurious as it can be.
Men always take the best they can get.
–Samuel Johnson
