I have inveighed heavily here about the choice Sec Def Gates has made to replace our 750+ F-15 A-D air superiority defenders with 183 F-22's. I understand the issues involved... he feels the F-35 which will replace the F-16's will be capable. He thinks we can't beat mujahideen with F-22's, and those conflicts we face will be more like that.He also faces the very real constraints on our budget, not only from the war, but from the uncontrollable increase in foreign fuel costs since we refuse to increase our own supply.
So we note the crash of another F-15D
However we face as well a China flush with commercial successes and a Russia flush with fossil energy funds, both of whom are anxious to build up both their strategic forces, and their tactical ones.
Does it matter?
Well to sound like a trailer voiceover, 'In a world where energy starvation might loom, and past and potential future enemies claim the arctic ocean floor, and islands in international waters, superior weapons may make the difference between life and death at the point of contact'
Thus the arctic seabed received a Russian flag via submarine delivery, and the Chinese simply TOOK the Spratly Islands. All for fossil fuel.
Our F-15's designed and built in the 1970's fly today. That means we should expect the F-22 line, WHICH MAY BE SHUT DOWN, to provide our only air superiority fighters until at least 2040. 183 fighters will not be sufficient until 2043.
PERIOD.
So we note the crash of another F-15D
However we face as well a China flush with commercial successes and a Russia flush with fossil energy funds, both of whom are anxious to build up both their strategic forces, and their tactical ones.
Does it matter?
Well to sound like a trailer voiceover, 'In a world where energy starvation might loom, and past and potential future enemies claim the arctic ocean floor, and islands in international waters, superior weapons may make the difference between life and death at the point of contact'
Thus the arctic seabed received a Russian flag via submarine delivery, and the Chinese simply TOOK the Spratly Islands. All for fossil fuel.
Our F-15's designed and built in the 1970's fly today. That means we should expect the F-22 line, WHICH MAY BE SHUT DOWN, to provide our only air superiority fighters until at least 2040. 183 fighters will not be sufficient until 2043.
PERIOD.
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