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To: Reverend Wright
the West will certainly lose in an all out conventional war against Russia

That's a serious delusion to have. Russia can't even defeat Ukraine, a nation much smaller than Russia. Russia has no chance against the West. They probably would have trouble against the Texas National Guard.

To put it in perspective, the entire Russian air forces have about the same number of combat planes as the US Marines.

44 posted on 02/27/2024 4:43:08 PM PST by freeandfreezing
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To: freeandfreezing

Well, the way things are going, we are probably going to find out.

Once the F16s crap out, they are going to have to decide if they are going to put up F35s into the mix.

The lesson from every peer war is all sides lose lots of aircraft.

The ones who can build new ones, wins.

There is also an economic inbalance between the cost of a missile (couple million) vs a $250 million F35.


45 posted on 02/27/2024 4:49:31 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: freeandfreezing

LOL. This take is unscientific. You should start with asking how a Texas Guard is going to fare against Ukraine.
By the way, the “free World’s” Navies are getting spitroasted by Houthi tribesmen in the Red Sea as we speak. That is how the real weakness looks like.


90 posted on 02/28/2024 5:37:07 AM PST by NorseViking
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