Why the F-35s Crazy 'Beast Mode' Should Terrify North Korea, China (Or Anyone)

The National Interest ^ | February 1, 2020 | Mark Episkopos

[vigilence]

Spent two days in Kadena in 1969 trying to get a hop to West Coast. Bad timing though since seats were scarce as Nixon had just announced troop withdrawal from Nam. Saw a lot of 1,000 yard stares on disheveled looking Marines on their way home. God bless them.

[Spacetrucker]

.........~~~~~~~~~~BBBRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAPAPPPPPPAPPPAPPPPAPPPP~~~~~~~~..... Loved those A-10’s.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The A-10 would be shot down in a minute during the first few days of war. They are great for ground attack in a mostly friendly-controlled airspace.

[Beagle8U]

“They are great for ground attack in a mostly friendly-controlled airspace.”

Like the Iraq war that had the Iraq Airfarce knocked out in just a few hours.

[AndyJackson]

GEOT (Good Effect On Target).

Bureaucrats! The correct technical term is "we effin wasted his ass."

[Pining_4_TX]

No, there’s never going to be a conflict with any nuclear power using these types of weapons. There will only be proxy wars like the ones going on in the Middle East. Why do you think Iran wants a nuke so badly? It knows the US will never directly attack a country that has the bomb. N. Korea is as evil as any country on earth, but you don’t see the US threatening it with war. WWII is over. There won’t be any more grand tank battles or bombing raids with one of our true enemies, only with their proxies.

[lepton]

But is one of the missiles transgender? How many are missiles of color?

Republicans only care if they hit the target, and while interested in diversity of targeting are inexcusably unconcerned with strict diversity of appearance.

[lepton]

The doctrine of relying only on nukes means you lose anything not sufficient to justify nukes and suffering counter strikes. We’ve been down that path before.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Yes the F22 and the F16V’s with upgraded radar and avionics.

[Dead Corpse]

Brrrt...

Better to have too many tools, than to not have the right one when you need it.

[Jumper]

Nothing like jumping in and fighting the ARFOR or aggressor forces and this War Hog shows up win mini guns blazing to pave the way for Light Infantry on foot.

[MCF]

The Army likes the Warthog, it’s the Air Force that doesn’t.
The problem with the Warthog is that it is slow. An F-15E or F-35 can get to the target in half the time. When there are troops in trouble that’s important.

[trebb]

Nice contrast to other stories about the “super weapons” others have been claiming to develop...we are number 1...

[VeniVidiVici]

Could be. Depends on what army you’re fighting.

[Blood of Tyrants]

If they have effective air defenses, the A-10 is a duck.

[Yo-Yo]

Sure, it can defend itself, but the F-22 is our air superiority fighter - too bad Obama cut the fleet short.

You can blame Dubya and Donald "we don't need no stinkin' F-22s" Rumsfeld as much if not more than Obummer.

[VeniVidiVici]

If they have effective air defenses, the A-10 is a duck.

Most slow movers are with effective air defenses. The trick is to use them when ADA is minimal or has already been destroyed.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yep. What it has going for it is that it is tough as hell.