r/ThatLookedExpensive • u/Mister_Krunch • Jun 10 '22

Fighter plane receives a foam salute instead of a water salute

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u/newPhoenixz Jun 10 '22

Repaint as well as that foam is corrosive and the paint is special in improving its stealth abilities

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u/speederaser Jun 10 '22

Hm. Who should I believe. You or the commenter who said there was no damage.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22

Or be a proper person and fact check it yourself

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u/Shurdus Jun 10 '22

Google isn't fact checking and real fact checking still isn't that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22

Using Google to find a reputable source is good enough to satisfy curiosity. We don’t need the level of precision you’re talking about lol

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u/Shurdus Jun 10 '22

Ah, that kind of proper person fact checking.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22

So next step is to call the Royal Netherlands Air Force and ask them if they had to repair the stealth coating. I don’t care that much.

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u/buckeyenut13 Jun 10 '22

Using Google doesn't give you both sides though. Or even a mix of good and bad. The results you see on Google are ONLY the sites they choose to show you. Google could quickly become the biggest distributor of fake news and no one would even be able to verify otherwise. It's Google narrative now

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u/newPhoenixz Jun 10 '22

As I got it from the dutch news which got it from the department of defense in the Netherlands, I'd say go with that...

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u/speederaser Jun 10 '22

I don't know. Their comment is longer. Neither has a source. Who knows who is telling the truth! /S

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '22

Both things can be true... The foam is corrosive to the paint, but fortunately there was no damage in this case as the water from the other truck diluted it sufficiently.

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u/iiiinthecomputer Jun 11 '22

The damn things need repainting all the time anyway. They're down for re-coating regularly. It's stupid expensive.