To: tallyhoe
F-22 is a good fighter!!! Yes it is, but the Marines don't want a fighter per se, they want an attack aircraft to support the Marines on ground. Air Superiority is a Navy and Air Force job.
9 posted on
03/07/2010 11:15:39 PM PST by
El Gato
("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
To: El Gato
Also, it’s not Navalized.
It’s really the F-35 or, perhaps, more SuperHornets for the Navy. But the Marines want SVTOL, so it’s really just the F-35.
11 posted on
03/07/2010 11:22:33 PM PST by
furquhart
(Would it not be easier to dissolve the people and elect another?)
To: El Gato
"Yes it is, but the Marines don't want a fighter per se, they want an attack aircraft to support the Marines on ground. Air Superiority is a Navy and Air Force job."
More specifically, their job is Close Air Support... which is why the JSF is such a stupid buy for the Marines. It's a $100+ million apiece stealth strike aircraft. It's just a further expensive expansion of the Marines into areas outside their core mission. What they really need is something like new-build OV-10 Broncos strapped with hellfires and rocket pods.
29 posted on
03/08/2010 8:59:23 AM PST by
DesScorp
To: El Gato
Then they need the A-10 Warthog!
33 posted on
03/08/2010 3:26:44 PM PST by
tallyhoe
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