So if you give a solider or marine the choice of an A-10 or B-1 for CAS what percentage do you think would favor the A-10? I bet the large majority.

This is much more of a political problem then a military problem. The issue is allocation of resources for most European countries. Although many of those countries have obtained smart weapons and the platforms to deliver them, they simply don’t have the numbers necessary. Aircraft like the Gripen and F-16 which are…

The best thing to support a Marine on the ground is another Marine in the air. Another half assed solution from the DOD

I used those figures just to give a representation of procurement costs associated with different programs. Russian missile technology can certainly be described as crude but at the end of the day it is *usually* effective. The more planes you can afford and weapons you can put on them will slow an enemy’s advance to…

The F-18 and F-15 have gone on for a long time because they are effective. both aircraft have served as bomb trucks for our foreign wars recently and have had great success. If we look at the Advanced Super Hornet and latest F-15 versions with fly-by-wire tech and stronger electronic offensive and defensive systems…

The F-22 was only allowed by law to be procured by the USA. Although other countries like Japan wanted to purchase the F-22.

SirUno is correct. It is the USS Decatur (DDG-73)

Thats the point. You only need a handful to accomplish your goals. Each missile can carry many warheads for many different cities. Show up with a handful of missiles and you have annihilated most of your enemies.

STOP RIGHT THERE!

All FCA vehicles are crap in terms of quality. You can hate on VW yet their luxury brands are consistently doing wonderful right now.

Yet Audi was a top performer in terms of quality this year? VW is not like FCA. All of FCA’s crap ranks at the bottom

We have special RC-135 aircraft for that. Their job is to hunt and collect radar signals not strike them. We can record the signals and store them so our aircraft know what those signals are to better target them at a later date

It was not ok and something is wrong. Upon further inspection that plane was damaged because the air frame was overstretched. At this point it can not be trusted to perform at the design spec. for further flights. Everything will probably be parted out and put on another new-build air frame (Engines, weapons, certain…

“It also has a small helicopter bad” I think you mean pad?

Im looking to purchase one of those banned Diesel’s right now! yes please everyone put them up for sale. Especially those Audi A3 TDI models..... mhhmmmm

Can you explain the comparison between this and the F-15E? Since you say it slots in between a F-111 and a F-15E I would like to see why you picked that.

They are ground training aircraft. Those F-18’s are older models are are retired. They will never fly again so any usable parts like avionics, engines aircraft systems have all been stripped off of them (That’s why they look different, they are missing a lot!. They are used for crash recovery training and letting new…

Israel is not interested unless we pay for them. Israel wants the best at the american tax payers expense so if they are not free for them or politically beneficial then they don’t want them. They have a hard enough time keeping up with the hundreds of great F-15/16’s they already have. The A-10 is more suited for…

The F/A-18’s were certainly made to tango with enemy fighters. I doubt the results would be released due to sensitive nature. At BVR I suspect the americans would have the advantage due to superior radars and electronics but in a dogfight it is much more even. Thrust vectoring is good but only if the plane has a light…