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Jet fighters using barbells for ballast instead of mounting the planes with radar equipment. (www.reddit.com)
submitted 23 hours ago by SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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If this photo came out of Tehran or Moscow, the comments would be 5,000 variations of 'Potemkin Village' and 'Washing Machine Chips.'

But since it’s us, watch the experts scramble to explain why a 5th-gen fighter using literal paperweights instead of sensors is actually a genius move for pilot training. It’s not a failure, guys, it’s just 'Kinetic Ballast-based Stealth.' Total skill issue.

Literal DLC hardware

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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 16 points 22 hours ago

Paperweight Tiger :kelly:

[–] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 9 points 22 hours ago

How else are the jets going to get swole?

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 1 points 20 hours ago

I bet those clunk around noisily when performing a barrel roll.