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To: cba123
I don’t know about that. Again I am just a civilian without military experience. But the F-22 seems to this American, like the best jet out there for the entire next generation.

The real question is whom is our foe and his capabilities. If the foe is Russia a conventional war will soon escalate to nuclear war and the stealth of any aircraft is of no importance least it be delivering a nuclear bomb.

If it is a non nuclear foe, send them a polite message that says if you do not cease your actions you will die in a nuclear hell.

Stealth is great against a non nuclear foe. It is irrelevant against Russia and China with the exception of nuclear delivery systems.

Our Boomer submarines have the ability to destroy any nation. Just one boomer can destroy any nation on earth as a functional society as do our stealth bombers the B2 but it will take more than one. Our B52s can do the same with stand off cruise missiles.

Stealth is great in fighters that are fighting a non nuclear foe. If the foe is nuclear, it does not make much difference as the battle will be decided with nuclear weapons on the cities and military installations of each

7 posted on 04/23/2016 11:01:47 PM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, MUDMAN GEOLOGIST PILOT PHARMACIST LIBERTARIAN, CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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To: cpdiii

Lacking in conventional military strength and tools means that you lack options for anything less severe than use of nukes...and using nukes has a high bar. This allows you to be taken apart oiecemeal as long as the opposition stays below that bar at any given instance. It *invites* brinkmanship.


10 posted on 04/23/2016 11:38:36 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: cpdiii

Policymakers need to have more flexibility than choosing between being the next Chamberlain and the next Hitler. That’s what your recommendation does...it is all or nothing.


13 posted on 04/24/2016 12:09:04 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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