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From a SlashDot posting:Quote »"The new US stealth fighter, the F-22 Raptor, was deployed for the first time to Asia earlier this month. On Feb. 11, twelve Raptors flying from Hawaii to Japan were forced to turn back when a software glitch crashed all of the F-22s' on-board computers as they crossed the international date line. The delay in arrival in Japan was previously reported, with rumors of problems with the software. CNN television, however, this morning reported that every fighter completely lost all navigation and communications when they crossed the international date line. They reportedly had to turn around and follow their tankers by visual contact back to Hawaii. According to the CNN story, if they had not been with their tankers, or the weather had been bad, this would have been serious. CNN has not put up anything on their website yet." The Peoples Daily of China reported on Feb. 17 that two Raptors had landed on Okinawa.

That is hilarious. Almost sounds like the the year 2000 thing that everybody was so freaked out about.F-22 Raptor jet: $60 MillionHighly trained pilot: $10 MillionKnowing that your $10 Casio watch from Wal-Mart keeps better time than the most advanced jet in the world: Priceless

Quote, originally posted by redlava »That is hilarious. Almost sounds like the the year 2000 thing that everybody was so freaked out about.F-22 Raptor jet: $60 MillionHighly trained pilot: $10 MillionKnowing that your $10 Casio watch from Wal-Mart keeps better time than the most advanced jet in the world: Priceless haha thats funny.

That smells of a cover up. There may have been a total computer failure or some other problem but crossing the date line, come on.