I know how these things work, I'm a manufacturing engineer and program 5 axis machines on a daily basis. The work has to have significant constraints placed on it for it to work easily with a robotic system however. Frequently this is not possible.

The amount of capital outlay required to do something like that is immense. It's simply not cost effective except for certain product lines.

It's not so easy to move parts from one machine to the other with robotic arms.

Their latest jet, the Sukhoi Super Jet 100 just crashed into a mountain in Indonesia while being demonstrated to reporters and potential clients.

The F-22 is a bit different than the F-15E considering the method of weapon deployment.

You can't turn an F-22 Airframe into an effective Bomber, it wasn't designed for it from the beginning. The requirements of a bomber and an air superiority fighter are vastly different.

It's beyond China's as well for the time being.

They do it for market segmentation. There are people willing to pay $40/$70 for that cover and there are people that aren't. For the people that aren't, you can buy 3rd party stuff for much cheaper. It's a smart business decision and works well for them, also allowing a thriving third party market to exist.

He probably made the same claim when 3G was being released.

"What do we need 3G for, I'm just happy on my 2G connection!"

Stellar 9/11, that's what happens. The founding of the Galactic Empire and the war against the Outer Rim separatists.

At least I can complain to my own government and vote out politicians. Where do I go to complain against the UNs policies?

5000 pages a year.

I think you might want to reevaluate that comment.

You don't cool the track down, you would cool the vehicles themselves, and you could probably cool them enough with dry ice along with "refueling" for some lengthy races.

Well he did get a lot of PR so that is debatable.