“If your opposition is running Ferraries, your Ford, patched up or not, is dead meat. “
If you are racing a ferrari against a ford, yes you will win. But you won’t have another ferrari at the track in the next town....because you’re busy, and you only have one ferrari.
Un...no.
1966, 1967, 1968, 1969....
Ford GT MkIIBs, Mark IV and Mk II GT-40s eat Ferrari alive.
The US has postured itself in the past that quality always beats quantity while the Soviets believed that quantity has its own quality. The history of recent conflicts (Arab-Israeli, Persian Gulf and Iraqi Freedom) suggests that the US position was more accurate.
Our soldiers often become casualties primarily because of the "lens of politics" and it's impact on their equipment. The F-15 design is 30+ years old, the airplanes are breaking to the point they can't be used and there are too few follow-on replacements of any type.
Buy new fighters that assure we will win any conflict with minimal casualties for generations to come! This cannot be done with band aids on 30 year old equipment.
It depends on the Ford. For example, the GT40 kicked Ferrari's ass.