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am_Unition  ·  1702 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Avengers of Tonopah, Part I: Circumstantial Evidence

It was like a prescient military embodiment of the 80's polygon obsession, right? Of course the aerodynamics were terrible, with a series of flat surfaces instead of smooth tapering, it had to fly slow. No similar planes exist anymore, soooooo not a good look?

Missiles, and then drones, both at least sometimes using laser targeting (and other tech that I totally can't imagine whatsoever) killed the bomber, along with anti-aircraft tech. Oh, and the Space Force.

It's crazy, but no drawbacks were ever mentioned on the mail-order binder page for the F-117. In fact, no airplane had drawbacks. Drawbacks are not a thing to worry about, m'boy. My entire childhood is full of shit like this. In fact, it was only a few years ago that I found out thanksgiving is a fucking lie. Embarrassing.