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[robkelk]

BA: %[link=http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=VF-1_Valkyrie]http://www.fenspace.net/i...php5?title=VF-1_Valkyrie]

That is an impressive write-up.
I notice mention of the "British Royal Navy".  In terms of hard-tech already in use:
%[link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrier_Jump_Jet]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrier_Jump_Jet]
do you think that these would respond well to handwavium?
The reason I ask is that they are quite iconic, and seeing as they are being declared obsolete about 2010, I wouldn't be surprised if waving them would be the sort of secret 'militiary research' on the use of handwavium that has been mentioned, once or twice.  Supersonic?  Space-capable? Can fly backwards?  Sideways?  Flying-saucer type manoeuvrability?
What would happen if the 'Macross' handwavium process was done on a Harrier?

I remember seeing early unclassified footage of Harrier landings - the aircraft were bouncing a few times on landing because the pilots didn't quite understand how to land a VTOL at the time. That image of "bouncing jump-jets" is likely to have been stuck in the collective subconscious...

Of course, "Doctor Who" fans will want space-capable Spitfires. [grin]
%[link=http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Victory_of_the_Daleks_%28TV_story%29]http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Victory_of ... V_story%29]

http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Timelords]Yep...
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Rob Kelk
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them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012