my problem isn't that they want to faze out the A-10 its more that they are trying to sell the F35 as a multitask aircraft that can do anything.
the A-10 is an old aircraft and most of its missions can be accomplished by UAV's and UCAV's. but if you want to stay with an A-10 type aircraft there is no point in starting…

that's why tankers don't let infantry on there tanks, they tend to fall off for the dumbest reasons. just getting on and off the tank is hazardous to them.

so what do they drop? white flags?
i think that the Rafael is one of the prettiest combat jets out there.
Egypt should be buying more ground support aircraft than fighter jets, something like the supertucano witch is cheap to buy cheap to fly and cheap to maintain.

you cant compare the ships now to the ones in the 1920's... you have to compare the size and capability of the US navy compared to navy's it will need to wage war against. and as of now china is building up its navy at a breathtakingly fast pace. the US cant decide to build up its forces when its already out matched…

who is trying to topple secular governments? its easier to deal with dictatorships than democratic powers, i know, look at Turkey for example they used to be a secular pro Israel government now they are a radicalized anti Israel government. so i cant think of any western government that is trying to topple these…

you think that because it looks stable its stable? its a dictatorship the people of Jordan will want to have the power of leadership in their hands. its a matter of time until they do it, and it would be like it is in Syria it will start as a peoples revolution and end as ISIS.

why do you think Jordan needs better weapons? other than to defend them self's from AK-47 slinging rag-heads they have no enemy's. they have a well trained 150K size army that is way bigger and better trained than any jihad organization that would want to overthrow the Jordanian government. if there a need for better…

you have to know the politics behind the fact that Jordan doesn't have many precision guided bombs. they may want to buy them and they may be willing to pay to get them but the US wont sell them to Jordan because Jordan is an unstable government that resides near Americas only real ally in the middle east, Israel.…

it there a reason this is a jet and the C-130 a prop? whats the advantage of a jet other then speed?

it would cost 10,500,000 per metric ton of ordinance to have them in space. the price per kilogram for sending things into space is about 10,000 dollars and even more if you want the weapons to be in high orbit. the weapon system would have to be large to accommodate all of the functions you would need it to do.…

and is made in the US.
israel is trying to find something to replace the saar 5 as its to small for the mission israel needs it for. they were considering making a stretched saar 5 that could accommodate more weapons.

i don't think the LCS lacks armor, one cruise missile can take out anything that size no matter what armor you have. the problem is more that it doesn't have active protection that can protect it from multiple missiles.

that's why the Israelis decided at the end not to buy the LCS. they wanted a corvette/frigates that had more capabilities then the Saar 5 corvette. at the beginning of the talks with the united states it was thought that they could add such weapon system to the LCS but later it was decided that it would be to costly…

I think the US should stop subsidizing the European defense! as long as the European countries spend less then the US on there defense i don't see why the US should still keep forces there. if you look at the military spending per GDP you will see that the US spends around 4% of there GDP on defense while in Europe…

it isn't simpler to knock out the railways, what you are saying is akin to knocking out the sea to take out the subs.
Russia has an extensive railway network that traverses all of Russia. and no one strike can take out the whole network before the railway missile launchers launch there missiles.

ill get excited when the thing starts working, there are so many promises that i stopped getting excited when i hear of a news release. hope it works though.

why don't they use drones for the task they excel at? they can loiter for hours and can rain down bombs/missiles at extreme accuracy and for cheaper then fighter jets and helicopters.

merkava 2 tank

I'm insulted to read that you wrote that a tin can of an APC is a tank!!!

its not about making a perfect defense system its about increasing the odds that the round wont penetrate. true it probably is harder to defeat a KP round but if you plan on making a system that can defeat all threats 100% of the time then you get the F-35 type of program that is to expensive and take to much time to…