I wouldn't call them a mob, at least in the first one. They were very well versed in ground warfare. The strengh of the Iraqi Army was tank warfare. The US just pounded the hell out of them through the air and technological superior ground forces took over the rest. Yes, in sufficient number not numerical superiority.
I just thought you meant that numerical superiority wins all the time. Of course, technological superiority with sufficient numbers can always counter a much more numerical but less qualitative force. That is the point I am trying to make.
Furthermore, remember the Chinese thing caught the US totally by surprise and pushed the US back all the way back behind the 38th and almost lost the entire country before the US recovered and pushed back all the way back to the 38th.
179 - The point is, that small numbers of superior technology are no match for large numbers of somewhat inferior technology.
If you check, relativley large numbers of pretty good aircraft are now being deployed around the world, and even such an elegant solution as the f-22, is just too expensive, and too slow in development to be of great value. There is only so much money, and it is now old technology and old mission - designed to fight old Russian Bombers and Fighters.
Who gets into dog-fights anymore? Sure, the ability to fly backwards is pretty neat. But I would far more rather have 10 forward flying planes than 1 backward flying, super manuverable plane.
The F-22 is just too damn expensive. The new radars can find it, in spite of it's stealthiness. The new missiles can hit it, in spite of its manuverability. It's another plane in search of a mission, like the DynaSoar.