Good read.

I don’t even want to talk about Korea when it comes to anything SC related.

The problem is, we’ll likely never see a conventional war against a country with modern weapons again. And if that truly were the case, why put money into designing the A-29 to fill the role that is being left by the A10?

I don’t think any plane will ever surpass the Tomcat in sexiness... not sure it’s even possible.

I’ve read nothing but good things about the Virginia class. I must say the process has been impressive considering they used 4,000 suppliers for the program and it’s being rolled out in relative quiet. Impressive to say the least.

The issue is that the future may include many smaller battles with forces that have little to no air defense capability. Look at the A-29 for example. Going old tech for current events. I mean, in the nuclear age, nobody will wage a conventional war. It’s just a show of force (I do support winning that show) but the…

It would completely negate the use of helicopters in the conflict right away at least. I agree though, while possibly restricting some tactics and costing the Russians more financially, I don’t see a huge gain with this strategy. Max range of modern Stingers is 18,000 ft give or take, while Russia clearly has the…

They do, and it’s not only that. There’s a battery cooling system that existed on those Stingers that contained Argon gas. Evidently it’s not serviceable, it needs to be replaced and supposedly they don’t handle rough handling well. The odds of having more than a few Stingers even capable of firing is unrealistic at…

So, where’s the source of your claim? I didn’t catch the report that showed “moderate rebels” beheading people with butter knives.