Trump's 1st term.
Really? 'Cuz there's two Audi execs in prison over this in the US right now.
Nor the one before that where the CDC itself argues that lead in kids was fine. That happened in Washington D.C. btw.
It would have lost nothing if it were trimmed to 7 books. It's only 14 because no one smacked the author with a ruler.
WoT is not "Well paced". It's egregiously slow and long winded. Robert Jordan should have been beaten with a chair for the bullshit he put his readers through.
The tracking and fire control systems already exist. The show stopper right now in 2025 is the cost; mostly because the needed missiles are ungodly expensive and you need so many of them.
About $300 is what the mechanics in the area usually charge.
That's complete robbery. Go to a tire shop.
The most conservative estimate I've seen for the IDs intercept rate is 80% and many sources claim 90% or even 95%. I'm am not a fan of the Israeli Government but its beyond question that the ID system does an excellent job at countering the threat it was designed to handle.
$300? A TPS sensor replacement should cost like $75 including the sensor itself.
IIRC that's eithera damaged fuel pump diaphragm or a sticking auto choke valve. Either way its like 10 minutes and less than 1$ to fix using a common Phillips screwdriver.
I know for a fact that parts of it can be built now. Everyone is in these comments trying to pretend that its still 1983 (the year Reagan announced SDI) while ignoring the fact that PATRIOT, NIKE, and THAAD have existed for two decades. Never mind that DE M-SHORAD, DRAGONFIRE and some others are already in production in various countries.
This ain't 1983. Many things considered impossible 42 years ago are so routine in 2025 that we take them for granted.
The INF went away in 2019 and the Typhon system entered service in 2023 so...ground launched Tomahawks are back on the menu.