• DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Doesn’t the real Air Force One have a wide array of highly specialized equipment and systems that allows it to act as a highly survivable command center in all situations? Things like encrypted communications arrays, air refueling capability, self defense systems and electronic warfare systems to name a few.

    That fancy airplane they’re giving as a blatant bribe has none of those things. It’s just kitted out with useless bougie crap for rich cunts to show off.

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      12 hours ago

      …honestly when you put it that way, using shiny shit to keep Trump distracted from important shit is the second-best way to handle him; and using shiny shit to keep him isolated from tactically capable shit makes Trump more vulnerable to the best way to handle him.

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      And for it to become AF1, I would think it would need to be completely disassembled down to the rivets to make sure it’s not compromised. Even then, do we trust the integrity of the materials in it?

      It’s not even possible for this place to become AF1.

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      15 hours ago

      Good. If we’re lucky, it’ll fail catastrophically somewhere safely over the ocean.

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      15 hours ago

      IIRC there is no dedicated „Air Force One“. It’s just whatever plane the POTUS happens to be on. Of course usually that boils down to very specific few aircrafts, but if he boards the bribe-jet, this would be „Air Force One“ at that point.

      Edit: I just checked. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_One