[Moonman62]

That's from the first Gulf War, and about half of those listed are only damage.

How about in Gulf War II?

And when you're finished with that, how many of our thousands of slow moving, non-stealth aircraft get shot down everyday within our territory?

[Spktyr]

Gulf War II? 43 losses to hostile fire.

[Spktyr]

Also, if that’s your criteria, then perhaps we should tell the Coast Guard that they should go back to rowboats instead of armed destroyers-in-all-but-name, because, hey, they’re not going to be shot at by hostile naval forces, right?

For that matter, let’s scale back the Navy, give them old Constitution-class sailing ships instead. I mean, what more do they need for domestic defense?

And hey, let’s take the Army and give them back the old Sherman tanks. I mean, what dangers do we face in domestic defense that can’t be resolved by Sherman tanks?

And then let’s take the C5s and C-17s away from airlift command. They won’t need to lift that much in domestic flights, right? So let’s give them back C-47s. That should work, right?

Same logic you’re using.