Houthis will count this as a downed aircraft
More like a drowned aircraft, amirite?
That’s amazingly cheap for a fighter aircraft.
Old fa18, they were cheap back then and it’s not stealth or anything.
Well there are a lot of these ships going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that carriers aren’t safe.
“Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.”
okay, but it wasn’t the front that fell off this time 😄 it wasn’t even a part if the ship.
Well, the fighter jet’s not supposed to fall off, for start.
Well that’s why they had to take it out from the environment.
Not safe for the houthis anyway.
Straps were cut by DOGE?
Haha, they are increasing military spending. Showing that reducing the deficit is not the goal at all. They were towing the plane around the flight deck and had some mistake, the tow truck thingy went off the bridge, taking the plane with it. Seems like a design flaw somewhere. Not a big ding to the military, that’s like 0.25% of the available super hornets. Sure is a dumb way to throw a few tens of millions of dollars away, but growing up around the military, I’ve known for decades that the military are great at throwing money out the window.
the tow truck thingy
Ah yes, the technical term.
I mean nobody got hurt and nothing else seems to have been damaged. If you’re gonna lose a fighter jet I reckon this is about the cheapest way to do it.
I had a retired military buddy at work who told me it was one of his annual task to burn through supply, so they wouldn’t lose funding. I still get amused when I think about him reinacting them spending weeks on end bored AF and snacking, while wasting millions of rounds of ammo, and tossing hand grenades
I’ve heard stories of people burying entire tanks.
Funny. But also very stupid and wasteful.
So they raise the military budget, and cut all social welfare, and health funding. 🇺🇸
yes, but it’s unrelated. the US could afford all three, but the military protects wealth, while social welfare releases the pressure on ppl to be exploited to generate wealth and health funding lowers the amount of wealth they can siphon off.
Maybe a wave hit it.
At sea? Chance in a million.
Idk if people are joking, but the carrier was taking fire, made a hard turn, and the jet was under tow at that moment. Since it wasnt secured it went over, thankfully not taking anybody with it
Thanks Trump!
Highway to the fumblezone!
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