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Armor is dead and just hasn't fallen over yet. Even the Russians do not want to get into an armored conflict with us. We would kick their a$$ before lunch with the Hawg's and the Apache. Even the F-16 is a serious tank killer these days

You still need armor and artillery. Aviation is critical, but not the panacea some would think. If it was, then the 2nd ACR wouldn't have had to knock out two Republican Guards Tank Divisions with their Abrams tanks during the Gulf War. There is a dangerous tendency to think that any land war can be won with a combination of air power and special operations troops / light infantry on the ground. It just isn't so; we'd be nuts to get rid of heavy metal.

Well as far as I can tell the Army has a plan to get rid of heavy metal in favor of smaller and lighter (30,000lbs) tanks. Discovery Channel has a show about the development of the "new" armor. I still think that moving heavy stuff is dead in the next 10-20 years.