It would be a decisive and swift defeat for the Russians. It would barely even be a contest. We have more aircraft, infinitely better technology, better readiness, and much better training. They’d be genuinely lucky to score any air-to-air kills at all.
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Yah. People would sue because the smoke trail frightened them or the crowds caused to much traffic. I really wish there was the level of enthusiasm here for the military like there was in Russia. It seems most people here would rather they didn’t exist.
Oh c’mon man. I’ve been trying to be nice but you make it insanely difficult. Let’s go over your scenario again with a much more likely series of events.
The only weapons that intimidate nations into submission are NUCLEAR weapons.
Third options: new weapon systems are bloody expensive.
I like to consider myself fairly knowledgeable about WW2 era arms and equipment, but I must admit this is the first I’ve ever heard of this beast.
The difference is, they weren’t trying to develop all the systems and tech for the F-16 while they were building it, everything was more or less ready to go by the time the first production F-16 rolled off of the assembly line. With the F-35, they’re still figuring out/developing things while it’s being built so as…
Yes, Obama is literally doing the equivalent of handing Czechoslovakia over to Hitler. Your comment really added some valuable information to the discourse here.
The thing that bugs me about this aircraft is this. While it may be limited in purpose with the U.S. Air Force which has other resources at it’s disposal, countries like mine (Canada) will need this thing to fill all rolls as the out going CF-18(CF 188) has done relatively well. To me this pig just does not seem…
Clearly, the approximate 8,000 daily calories consumed by a Tour de France rider are spread out
Same as the planned effect of the Doolitte Raid, really.
I have an undergrad and graduate degree in history with an emphasis on the conflicts of the 20th century. You literally have no clue what you’re talking about. Losses against the Soviets have absolutely nothing to do with the extreme militarization that happened, at the behest of the Japanese government. Losses…
All this and not one mention of Harvest HAWK? The men and women at the LM Skunk Works busted their asses to get that roll-on/roll-off Hellfire system for the KC-130 tankers out to the Marines in Afghanistan as fast as possible. Arming tankers that were already loitering in the battle space proved incredibly helpful to…
The USAF had the Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance program that selected the A-29 Super Tucano but it was changed to a training program sadly and now its being pushed “indefinitely into the future”
Sorry - Meant in Iraq/Afghanistan. Would love to pull Sandy out of retirement.
Yes they did. The A-1 Skyraider. And it was very good at it’s job as well.
The Army used to fly the OV-1 Mohawk, The USAF/USN Flew the A-1 Skyrader, the O-2 Skymaster my all time Favorite the OV-10 Bronco.
As a matter of fact they did.
Well in ‘43 the average number of missions for B-17 crews was 8, before death or POW. Obviously some planes did the full 25, but not most.
I very much doubt the pilot was either scared or being tracked by Aegis. Foreign warships do not actively track foreign jets unless they want to cause a rather spectacular incident.