[pt17]

Now on to the question of What do you guys think about this?

At that price, I'd buy a few, modify the avionics and give it whirl. For that matter, we may already have a few. I thought I read awhile back that we'd bought some to keep them from falling into the wrong hands.

[The Other Harry]

At that price, I'd buy a few, modify the avionics and give it whirl.

The defect in your proposal is that it's too sensible. Neither the Navy brass nor Congress could ever come to grips with doing anything that doesn't cost billions of dollars and take 15 years to complete.

I will add that I don't think we should be looking only for parity. We should be after getting the best.

Still, the SU's could fill a gap while we're spending billions -- plus the over-runs -- and waiting 15 years.

[Chemist_Geek]

At that price, I'd buy a few, modify the avionics and give it whirl.

No flat spins, please. (grin) But as others have pointed out, that idea makes too much sense for Washington.