To: Moonman62
“We don’t need advanced capabilities over our own territory.”
Pray tell me how that worked out for the Polish in WW2. Or the French.
Part of the function of a military is to be so overwhelmingly powerful and capable that nobody in their right mind would attack it.
62 posted on
06/16/2009 10:25:27 PM PDT by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
Part of the function of a military is to be so overwhelmingly powerful and capable that nobody in their right mind would attack it. And upgraded F15's and F16's are more than capable of doing that within our own territory.
63 posted on
06/16/2009 10:27:59 PM PDT by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Spktyr
Air superiority is the ultimate safeguard, and there is no substitute for it, offensive or defensive.
74 posted on
06/24/2009 3:09:16 AM PDT by
myknowledge
(F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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