US F-16 Crashes Into Sea Off South Korea After In-Flight Problem
www.bloomberg.com
A US F-16 jet on a training mission crashed into waters off the coast of South Korea, stoking safety concerns after eight US airmen were killed last month in the crash of a V-22 Osprey aircraft near a Japanese island.
    • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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      11 months ago

      Even worse. At least the old made in China could be repaired. Thanks to new manufacturing methods, everything made today is soldered together.

      At least if it’s made in modern China it’s soldered properly. Nobody in the States remembers how to do that. Hence the pilot pulls a bit too hard and unsticks the Screwless Steering StickTM and the whole thing goes into nose dive.

      That’s also the problem with the F-35. So much solder that when it goes into submarine mode it sinks too fast for it to fill up with air.

  • D61 [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Pilot made an attack helicopter joke and the plane decided to try to be submarine in response.

  • PeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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    11 months ago

    wouldn’t it be amazing if these crashes were caused by some electronic warfare weapon? imagine the neutering effect of not being able to trust your flying death machines anymore…

    i often wish there was a way to neutralize the massive threat of the US war machine without a hot war