Whats the scoop Yuri?
Is this going to be a problem for our jocks?
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Is this going to be a problem for our jocks?
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I have no idea how many times I've sat around the squadron having the "wouldn't it be cool to have lived 75 years ago?" conversation.uglygoat said:it would be cooler if we went back to the warbirds of wwII... i don't like all this jet and missile stuff.
Yuri_Rage said:They cost 300 million per plane and are not easy or cheap to maintain.
This one's hard to defensively answer. The Russians consistently beat us in terms of cost and simplicity. Simplicity is both an advantage and a disadvantage. A simple aircraft requires simple maintenance, but a simple aircraft has simple systems that may put it at a tactical disadvantage in the sky.
The defense budget is a big, complex, ugly animal, and I don't know enough to comment much further here.TheJadedDog said:If I may throw my two cents in, $300 million is a drop in the bucket when you consider our entire defense budget...
...$300M for a top-line aircraft that will last 20? years (someone correct me if I am wrong here) really isn't that much in the large scheme of things.
No problem!olllllo said:Thanks Yuri. I didn't mean for you to have to professor a class or defend any particular point of view. Good info.
MikeFlynn74 said:Also The chinese have way more ability to cripple America economically rather than all out war.
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