To: kingattax
hmmmm......let's see.... a turd rate dictator sends planes we built (you know they're not the top of the line stuff), with no combat experience pilots having minimum air time to another turd world country to threaten combat experienced pilots in top of the line fighters who know every nut and bolt on their opponents aircraft. Oh yeah some threat.
8 posted on
11/01/2005 5:18:22 PM PST by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
I'm sure they will be able to get parts also./sarcasm
I always thought that we should put in a fail-safe system with all the planes we sell so that they can be disabled in situations like this....anyone listening?
15 posted on
11/01/2005 5:27:35 PM PST by
TheLion
To: SandRat
20 posted on
11/01/2005 5:29:12 PM PST by
1rudeboy
To: SandRat
"...you know they're not the top of the line stuff..."
Roger that. I think it was Sebastian Junger who traveled to Afghanistan to do a story on Ahmed Shah Massoud ("The Lion of Panjshir"). He noticed that the Taliban cruised around in Toyota pickups, their vehicle of choice in the rugged landscape, but the quality was third-rate. Hell, if Toyota sold crappy trucks to the Taliban, Lockheed-Martin surely would've removed the slick options from the F-16s destined for Venezuela.
48 posted on
11/01/2005 6:31:02 PM PST by
goarmy
("Get ready, little lady. Hell's coming to breakfast.")
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