To: Bryan24
That’s the MAJOR problem with these incredibly expensive and therefore limited weapons -
You lose one to an accident or an enemies’ “ golden BB “ and 5% of your ENTIRE fleet is wiped out.
To put this in perspective, it would be the equivalent of losing 37 B-52's or over 600 B-17s at one stroke. Can we afford to lose a war over 20 lucky shots ?
68 posted on
02/22/2008 9:18:18 PM PST by
RS
("I took the drugs because I liked them and I found excuses to take them, so I'm not weaseling.")
To: RS
We have a few of Lancers. The loss of one B2 isn’t something we can’t recover from. In fact, I’m sure its replacement is already flying, albeit at night, in the middle of nowhere.
74 posted on
02/22/2008 9:30:28 PM PST by
glock rocks
(...an orange Toyota? Tell me I'm going to wake up soon...)
To: RS
Or said another way... Can we afford to lose a war for failing to have the capability these assets provide?
84 posted on
02/22/2008 9:44:07 PM PST by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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