what you need is a document called a "Security Classification Guide". there will be a unique version for the specific mission / command that was running the attack against the Houthi's, and there will be one for the SecDef office.
this document describes the type of information that is classified, who decides if it is not classified any more, and to some extent, the why.
'secret' means disclosure will 'damage the national security.
'top secret means disclosure will 'cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security'.
political discussions about dealing with world events is probably 'top secret', especially during the deliberation stage. operational information like 'TOT is 1pm local, 4 F18's with LGB's are inbound' is probably considered Secret until the crews return; in which case it is probably considered lower in criticality.
the F35 has standby instruments that work on DC batteries. it also has a radio that is also powered by a battery supply. probably an hour of operation without aircraft power.
no way it passed airworthiness without backup flight instruments and comm. every military aircraft for the past 50 years has this.
(oh, and the standby instrument package probably cost a couple of hundred thousand. certified for flight, of course)
Well, that is good, at least. It sounds like those are Located between your legs? Could you actually do a 0/0 (not that it would be advisable) but -could- you even make a call safety at decision height with those? Even if you wouldn’t, would you feel like you -could-?
I’d bet if there was an iPad with foreflight synthetic vision running in plain sight looking forward, that aircraft would still be flying. Bailing out is a matter of pilot confidence in the aircraft being flyable.
Still, if he did have an operational horizon, HSI, turn and bank, altimeter, VSI, and turbine temp /RPM that he had presumably been trained to fly the aircraft with, I’m probably going to have to come down on the side of “he abandoned a presumably airworthy aircraft.” I mean, in that case, he had a (huge,catastrophically) failed system and he failed to use the backup for that system.
I still think the app would be a hit among F35 pilots, even if only for ironic reasons and superstition lol. Probably some national security concerns there though, if you handled any location data at all. I mean, can fighter pilots even carry smartphones? Dr. Evil wants to know.
in rain, transitioning to vertical landing, with the helmet and primary systems power cycling and likely alarms going off? I'll defer to you because I'm not qualified in the F-35
Equipment of this time frame was highly reliable. The machines were expensive to purchase and very solidly built.
I would be surprised if this fleet of systems deals with a hardware failure a year. Especially if they are kept in a space with cold conditioned air.
Ask a resident of Texas, we knew Rick Perry. He was not known for his high IQ.
However, he bucled down and did an acceptable job running the DOE.
One could hope that at least some of the current cabinet will rise to the occasion.
With our supreme leader, many in 2016 thought he would rise to the occasion; perhaps behave like a statesman in foreign affairs, and to respect the office of the presidency. It did not happen then and will not happen now.
The current cabinet were chosen precisely because they will not stand up to the dear leader and will pull whatever levers they are asked. It’s an absolute shit show and we will all suffer.
The worst part: the people who voted for him will never connect the dots with their own actions.
perhaps effective, but not efficient. shouldn't there be some due diligence on selecting people and departments from dismissal? some kind of measurement and analysis.
Go to chapter IV.
Prior Art.