You do have to maintain, train, store, house entire stockpiles of supply chain and the man hours that requires is no5 free. This was a gen1 1990’s prototype that was put into service much earlier than anticipated. The design life has already been exceeded on most of the frames more than likely. The newer drone models…

When are we going to learn that not every platform needs to be the latest and most expensive to get the job done. Meanwhile the Pentagon complains about their budget. With boondoggle after money wasting boondoggle on the books.

Are you seriously going A-10 Warthog/Brown RWD Manual Diesel Wagon on this?

Hey, those masters of carrier operations, The Brazilian Navy are advising the Chinese.

Well, this is getting out there in imagination, but there are ways... Consider this:

Based upon? Also...what’s X?

Having done the Title X games at the DoD, I wouldn’t put too much weight on it. The choices of technologies and strategies that get played are highly political. In my experiences, certain contractors were able to get their internal R&D played at the expense of other more suitable solutions (even systems actually…

I’d argue it to infinity and back again. The Russian military is mostly conscript. They also have a completely different doctrine that centers all of their experience and capability around professional officers. Time and time again it’s been proven that Western militaries with extreme amount of depth and experience in…

Good stuff and you’re 100% right. One little correction though, Russia has been, and continues to commit warships to anti-piracy operations.

I’m not sure the facts (simulations show that the US would have difficult time fighting a European-based war against Russia) justify the conclusion (the US government has bungled military spending).

The only reason Russia was willing to “go deep” in WWII was because they were being invaded by the Nazis. People like to pretend they were / are any stronger or more ferocious fighters than our armed forces. I would argue not at all.

Yeah, when you look at personnel losses in WW II, it’s pretty clear they have beeen willing to go deep when required. We are dilettantes by comparison. It’s only ever been possible for us to compete with that via mass tech approaches. And if we don’t use nukes, there is a limit to how long we could sustain the losses,…

I dunno what Gen. Odierno is talking about. The fact that Russia uses a different gauge has been a very well known fact for a very long time. Hell, I think they make reference to it in a late 1980s/early 1990s Tom Clancy movie. Maybe I’m thinking of something else, but different rail gauges has been something the DoD…

In what fucking mindless fantasy does anyone foresee any type of conventional war with Russia?

Yakity Sax is the theme in Benny Hill.

Awesome. So the cocksuckers that moved into an area WITH AN ACTIVE RACETRACK bitched to the county about noise to the point that they’re essentially going to put the track out of business.

That’s the second time I’ve you seen you post that this week.

Genuinely curious: why would you put in that effort? Why not just enjoy a comfortable silence around men you have no interest talking to?

Initiate, Ask Questions, No Monologues, Don’t Be An Ass, Listen

Literally everything you said could be applied to women talking to men. The condescending tone this written with will not further your cause (whatever cause that is). Please, get your head out of your ass for the sake of society. Thank you.