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7/10/2025, 12:25:59 AM
>>149322183
>didn't one of those cults kill Shinzo Abe?
Sorta but not really. The cult in that situation was the Unification Church (aka the Moonies) which has a habit of heavily pressuring its members to make unreasonably large donations to the church that often bankrupt the families involved, with the dude who shot Abe being from one of those families. Abe actually did not belong to the Unification Church himself BUT he had a lot of close ties to it and is credited with spreading it in Japan which is why he was targeted by the assassin (that, and because the assassin couldn’t get to the actual leader of the church so he figured he’d go after Abe as the next best thing).
>didn't one of those cults kill Shinzo Abe?
Sorta but not really. The cult in that situation was the Unification Church (aka the Moonies) which has a habit of heavily pressuring its members to make unreasonably large donations to the church that often bankrupt the families involved, with the dude who shot Abe being from one of those families. Abe actually did not belong to the Unification Church himself BUT he had a lot of close ties to it and is credited with spreading it in Japan which is why he was targeted by the assassin (that, and because the assassin couldn’t get to the actual leader of the church so he figured he’d go after Abe as the next best thing).
7/8/2025, 7:00:04 AM
>>63954616
>was the F-104 bad?
pic related for a tl;dr
The fighter versions did what it was built to do, and using any plane from that timeframe in Germany as a low-level ground attacker would result in higher than ussual accident rate. Do note that the accident rate is not massivelly higher than usual at the time given the conditions, and it dropped in llater years because shockingly enoough there were lessonss learned and applied.
Did Lockheeed bribe a German minister to get the sales going in Europe? Yes. Should Germany have bought someething else, like the Phantom? Fuck yes, in hindsight this is obvious.
And if a guy called Hartmann, who happens to be your highest air force officer at that time, tells you that a single engine high performance fighter which is kinda hard to land due to high approach speeed and narrow landinig gear gauge is maybe not the best option and hands in his commission over the decision, maybe just maybe listen to the guy and not to fucking Lockheed's marketing bullshit.
Because if there was one guy on the planet who could rightfullly state that he was an expert on single engine, hard to land, narrow landing gear fighters it was that dude.
>>63954780
The memes exaggerate the loss rate, it really was not worse than to be expected. In those cicumstancees, any simillar plane would have suffered comoparable attrition rates. Real sticking points were single engine, downward firing seat, and low level operations. That combo did cost airframes and lives.
>was the F-104 bad?
pic related for a tl;dr
The fighter versions did what it was built to do, and using any plane from that timeframe in Germany as a low-level ground attacker would result in higher than ussual accident rate. Do note that the accident rate is not massivelly higher than usual at the time given the conditions, and it dropped in llater years because shockingly enoough there were lessonss learned and applied.
Did Lockheeed bribe a German minister to get the sales going in Europe? Yes. Should Germany have bought someething else, like the Phantom? Fuck yes, in hindsight this is obvious.
And if a guy called Hartmann, who happens to be your highest air force officer at that time, tells you that a single engine high performance fighter which is kinda hard to land due to high approach speeed and narrow landinig gear gauge is maybe not the best option and hands in his commission over the decision, maybe just maybe listen to the guy and not to fucking Lockheed's marketing bullshit.
Because if there was one guy on the planet who could rightfullly state that he was an expert on single engine, hard to land, narrow landing gear fighters it was that dude.
>>63954780
The memes exaggerate the loss rate, it really was not worse than to be expected. In those cicumstancees, any simillar plane would have suffered comoparable attrition rates. Real sticking points were single engine, downward firing seat, and low level operations. That combo did cost airframes and lives.
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