AviationBanter - View Single Post - GIVEN CURRENT WARS, F-35s ARE BETTER CHOICE THAN MORE F-22As

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"Raymond O'Hara" wrote in message
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On Jun 11, 6:51 am, "Roger Conroy"
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Raymond O'Hara wrote:
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"Raymond O'Hara" wrote in
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we are in two wars now{which we are losing} and you're worried
about
an
imaginary war against an imaginary opponent.
russia is not a credible threat. and it is decades away from
being
one.

Losing? Lose to whom? Current events don't seem be anywere close.
As
for
Russia? They have in the last year expanded their military
activity.
They
are flying Bears again, opposed our missile defence plans, and
Nato
expansions. Decades may be a bit much.

Russia is not the only possible future technologically advanced
enemy -
don't take your eyes of China, or a possible Arab alliance.- Hide
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Not to mention Venezuela...

we don't need F-22s to fight venezuela.

You are one of those who believe in fair fights ?

it still won't be a fair fight.

So ?

If technical superiority will allow my country to prevail with fewer
casualties then I vote for the fancy tech.

if the fancy tech results in bankruptcy and the cancelations of needed
things i'll pass on that tech for a while,

High Tech is what the Army wants but they don't want to spend anything for
it in terms of People, Money, Cutting back, etc.. The simple fact still
remains, sooner or later, a boot on the ground must go in and secure things.
At that point, it doesn't matter if you have an AK47 that is decades old,
the newest shiny M-16 variant, the XM-8 or your brand spanking new lazer
rifle. The AK to the Lazer Rifle is just the weapon and it's not such a
huge leap from one to the other nor is it such a leap between the operation
of both. It still requires for the boots on the ground to be there.

tinkerbell never set foot in that kind of situation and still believes John
Wayne movies were taken directly from the history books. Next, he will be
saying all war movies by Chuck Norriss are believable as well.

As you can see Daryl has issues...

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