Israeli-Palestinian Conflict= 21,500 casualties
Interestingly, the German economy used some pretty twisted math to hide the fact that their economy was contracting all through the 30's. Consumer spending dropped far more than military spending rose. It was a case of expectations declining faster than the economy.
That’s literally what I said. Thanks for agreeing.
Persian food is pretty tame honestly. No worse than Mexican or Canjun food
They could buy the R-37, which is probably a better missile. It has the benefit of about 40 years of development. And Russia has always put more effort into missiles than the US has.
Why? Even the CIA have admitted they haven’t had a nuclear weapons program since 2002.
Assad has killed far more of his people in the last 5 years than terrorism across the Middle East has killed in the past 25 years. Dealt with a protesting city by shelling it to the ground. Used Poison gas.
Ehh. As someone trained as an economist, that usually isn’t the case. In war, you make products that can’t be used for any sort of useful work. In the case of missiles, you make a million dollar unmanned airplane and crash it into the ground. Economically, you would be better off paying people to dig holes and fill…
“Preventing the communications link from being eavesdropped or spoofed is achievable with current crypto. Worst case, you can achieve perfect security just with an OTP longer than the loiter time of the drone.
That’s more due to engines than anything else. The Tu-160 is optimized for Mach 2+ flight, which reduces payload and range to emphasize speed.
Well the whole point of the A-10 right now is that it can operate against the enemies that don’t have Pantsirs, or MANPADs, or modern tactics, all for the fraction of the cost of a F-35.
That’s the other arsenal ship you are thinking of.
Stealth fighters already rely heavily on tankers and AWACS, both of which are far less survivable than a B-1.
The SM-6 would work on the B-1B, it could carry about 24, albeit at a high bomb-load. A fighter really couldn’t carry more than 2 of them though, if it wanted to exceed supersonic airspeeds.
Another one of Tyler’s write-ups addressed this, I think. Definitely would be an outstanding addition to the force.
Funny enough, it will probably be fighting the J-20 (which is like 66% stolen Raptor data and 33% stolen F-35 data) and the J-31 (reverse ratio)
I wonder, Tyler, after reading an article on the F-16XL, if something like that would work for the F-35. Re-design the air-frame in fifteen or so years for each service. The cranked arrow would look especially pretty lined up with the leading edge on the intake, and would work wonders for the Air Force version. The…
Well, they are designed to be comfortable for sitting in a flight seat for hours on end.
Who gives a shit if there is risk? Again if they are doing their job and saving lives, why does it matter? Air Force pilots aren’t dog-fighting anymore. Nobody today would win a medal if judged by the risk levels of a peer state conflict. Does that mean that none of them deserve a medal?