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To: USNBandit

UCAVs. F-22’s. F-18’s. F-16’s. B-1’s. B-2’s. A-10’s.

The F-35 is redundant.


9 posted on 01/31/2011 9:31:19 PM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack
UCAV, not here yet, and the PID criteria for weapons employment will be difficult.

F-22. It takes a lot of 250 lb bombs to take out a hardened target, and we only bought 187 of the things

F-18 and F-16. They are being replaced by the F-35. 30 year old fighters aren't fun, I've tried that and it sucks.

B-1's not stealth. B-2's, there are only 20 of them

A-10's, unless you are going someplace where they don't have air defenses, I wouldn't take an A-10.

We have lots of aging fighters to replace. Their replacement needs to be able to penetrate sophisticated air defenses.

13 posted on 01/31/2011 9:39:44 PM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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I agree, control the airspace with F22’s and the other plans can do their job. No need for the F35, but we need lots more F22s and the Navy will need an equivalent fighter too.
53 posted on 02/01/2011 12:54:11 AM PST by jpsb
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