Now the larger version, a new class we dubbed the F-class, has been specially configured for being able to carry very large and over-dimensional pieces, and has no line-of-sight issues.
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Congress, at that time, demanded that we halt the testing of the F-15 ASAT until we were prepared to enter negotiations on a comprehensive ban of all anti-satellite testing and deployment.
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For instance, when we had the opportunity to sell India the upgraded F-16s, we chose not to do that.
The debates we had about the F-22 and the second engine for the F-35 obviously are very important.
So if the HRC says we're to eradicate the F-word from our language, just as the NAACP says we're to get rid of the N-word, then why do we allow the exceptions to the rule, and end up praising the offenders as friends of our communities?
We took it for a quick flight through some canyons in an F-16 and, though we nearly blacked out a few times and came close to losing our cookies thanks to the over-sensitive head tracking setup, we have to admit the HOTAS was quite a joy to use.
Last year at this time, we had proposed canceling the F-22 fighter jet.
We were so busy playing with Fujitsu's GPS cane and 5-inch F-02E phone, that we didn't even notice the company introduce a waterproof, dustproof Android tablet.
Last year at Cisco, we introduced our variety of the F-117A, a new version of our secure VPN.
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We then talked about the new Optimus F series, which blends the design DNA of flagship devices with performance specs (like LTE) at a more affordable price, and the Optimus L II line, which offers unique designs for specific markets (single SIM in Europe, and dual-SIM in Latin America).
Critics carp that the plane is unneeded in a post-Cold War world and that we should, instead, only upgrade the F-15 and F-16 and wait for the proposed Joint Strike Fighter aircraft that's coming several years hence.
Critics carp that the plane is unneeded in a post-Cold War world and that we should, instead, only upgrade the F-15 and F-16 and wait for the proposed Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft that's coming several years hence.
We are taking a closer look at the F-35 fighter jet at Lockheed Martin's Fighter Demonstration Center just outside our nation's capital, but, being in the middle of a corporate complex, there's no actual Lightning II on hand.
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My own feeling, however, is that the principal area in which we will see Japanese products derived from the F-16 competing with American ones will be when Japan enters the military aircraft export market in the next decade or so.
And those gowns will absolutely be futuristic because the capital-f Future never arrives, and thus we will always require our culturally recognizable symbols for it.
Dubbed the IdeaTab S2109 (or S2109A-F, to be specific), we're told by a reliable source that 'tis an Ice Cream Sandwich tablet assembled by Foxconn, and it'll come with a 9.7-inch, 4:3 IPS display (supplied by Chi Mei), a TI OMAP chip and four powerful SRS-ready speakers as featured on the beefy K2010.
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He says: 'The two major technologies - the F-duct and the blown diffuser - we are still not completely there with.
F. system is a nice touch, we largely suspect you'll be making a decision to buy these based on your feelings for the brand.
We flew a simulated mission within a grounded duplicate of the flyable F-35 cockpit, and the capabilities and improvements are quite clear -- you definitely don't want to encounter an F-35 from a previous-generation aircraft.
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"We have never had this kind of unrelated dual engine mishap in the F-18, " he said.
If we tack on Y, Z, D, E, and a little F, then our potential customer pool just exploded.
This year we also graded companies on their transparency: A means excellent disclosure, and F means no data at all on executive pay.
"We are reviewing the decision and evaluating the government's options, " said F.
But like the panic over marriage, this panic over the F word is more ideological than a realistic assessment of the world as we know it.
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