I wonder if a trophy like system could be put on a Chinook to protect it from rpg rounds?

The nuclear triad is an archaic military doctrine. Does it really describe the present state of the US nuclear deterrents? I would say no. The alert bomber have been stood down and the air dropped nuclear weapons meant to rain down fire on the former Soviet Union have been stowed away in bunker at various sites in…

Fighter selection has not always been driven by the fighter community. Strategic wing has been a factor in fighter selection, from the f-4 to the f-105 with the demand being that a fighter be able to haul and drop nukes. They like the drones for that reason, they can drop bombs with out dog fighting. The problem in…

Russians are not into distributed command and control. Keep all there command and control in one location.

It was a dog and pony show of stolen US technology.

I would like to see Boeing drop a vector thrust engine in the F-15 and put it up against the f-22 in a fly off.

Lessons of the Falklands War and the first Gulf War are easily forgotten. The British lost ships in the Falklands because their jump jets could not provide Air Defense in depth. The British could not provide enough jet to provide an adequate air cap to keep the Argentinas from closing the gap and launching Exocet…