Not a bad idea.

Good job by all concerned.

underperforms the F-16...by such a wide margin in just about every scenario.

its totally blockaded from getting any rebuilding supplies

touché!

Given that this is a Russian system, it likely cost 1/4 to 1/10 whatever the US equivalent system would cost. That changes on side of the “cost effective” question

Well, if Ivan’s enemies deploy flaming sheets of plywood, they are screwed.

What is the point of ‘Paveways’ with JDAMs readily available?

He’s right though Robbie.

There is the ‘switchblade’.... a sort of kamikaze UAV.

Looking at the demographics of Mosul (on wiki), there was a substantial Kurdish presence in the past, but not so much any more.

Love the bottom image.

I agree with you Jerry.

How are bases like this protected?

I think it is 6 in a unit.... and then 3 of these, making 18 in a company?

A google search.... It may not have been a 747 in Havana, but one about to fly there. (the image seemed to be from some families holiday blog ... god love em!)

I don’t agree that the US ‘blinked first’.

All things in this universe are effected by Czar Shirtless....

There is something unifying about the objects being similarly coloured.

Those people have likely never seen a 747, much less had one actually land in their city.