But I thought that under Barry the Magnificent that all world leaders would be forever sitting around the campfire sharing a beer and singing kumbaya with no need for war? (sarc/)
Here’s a newsflash for some of you:
When an air war is fought, the side flying 40 year-old designs is in trouble.
The F-15 is a 40 year old design. (”An industry-wide competition ended on December 23, 1969 when McDonnell Douglas was awarded the contract for the F-15.” - GlobalSecurity.org)
Yeah, improvements have been made, but it is still a 40 year-old design.
The F-16? 35 years old. (”On 13 January 1975 the Air Force announced that the YF-16’s performance had made it the winner of its Air Combat Fighter (ACF) competition. “ - GlobalSecurity.org)
The F-18? 34 years old (”The resulting redesign was extensive and, when the McDonnell Douglas design was selected as winner in 1976, it was assigned the F-18A designation.” - GlobalSecurity.org)
Yeah, the F-22 is expensive. It outclasses everything else in the sky.
But, do you know what is even more expensive? Losing a war.
Russia, China and India have the manpower/expertise and/or experience to build an Air Force capable of stalemating or defeating the US, IF we don’t keep pushing the envelope.
These crummy little shooting matches in Iraq and Afghanistan (no disrepect intended here) will pale in comparison to an all-out shooting war with China or Russia.
That will never happen, right? 20 more years of liberal leadership will result in the US retiring it’s nuclear arsenal, or diminishing it to the point that conventional war becomes viable.
Some of you people need to wake up. Never fight a war from a position of weakness. EVER.
But I thought that under Barry the Magnificent that all world leaders would be forever sitting around the campfire sharing a beer and singing kumbaya with no need for war? (sarc/)
Has anyone calculated how many F-22s could be bought with just 1%
(or 10%) of TARP, or Healthcare ???
Hundreds !!!
Call McCain and tell ‘em
(I’m tired of doing it - he never responded. And lost.)