> Saddam had the best "hardened" facilities the French could sell him........
> and they got smashed.
>
> Dispersal and concealment might be a better way to go. (The only Iraqi jets
> to survive the war were the ones buried (literally) off the Base, or flown
> away to Iran (never to return).

> In article news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> nothanks@dontwantany.com writes...
>

>> Saddam had the best "hardened" facilities the French could sell
>> him........
>> and they got smashed.
>>
>> Dispersal and concealment might be a better way to go. (The only Iraqi
>> jets
>> to survive the war were the ones buried (literally) off the Base, or
>> flown
>> away to Iran (never to return).

>
> It seems to me the best place to keep air superiority fighters during an
> air raid is in the air, ripping chunks out of the enemy bombers as they
> were designed to do.

> I don't think anyone is in favour of the Saddam school-of-thought. But
> losing most of your capability because you were caught with your pants down
> and your jets were parked in little more than the family car port isn't
> viable either.

> In article news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> nothanks@dontwantany.com writes...
>

>> I don't think anyone is in favour of the Saddam school-of-thought. But
>> losing most of your capability because you were caught with your pants
>> down
>> and your jets were parked in little more than the family car port isn't
>> viable either.

>
> Last time I went down the hill the carport was still in use at Amberley.
> A long time ago I watched them get the F111s out of it in a hurry. They
> can do it quite smartly. The carport works pretty good for that.
>
> No doubt there would be some aircraft parked in the carport if things
> got hot. Others would be at camouflaged dispersal points. we ought to
> take a leaf out of the Serb manual and have a bunch of dummy aircraft in
> camouflaged dispersal points too. The Serbs managed to preserve most of
> their armour from US air raids with that technique. ...

>In article news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
>nothanks@dontwantany.com writes...
>

>> I don't think anyone is in favour of the Saddam school-of-thought. But
>> losing most of your capability...

> On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:31:43 GMT, David Moss
> mail.connect.usq.edu.au> wrote:
>

>>In article news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
>>nothanks@dontwantany.com writes...
>>

>>> I don't think anyone is in favour of the Saddam school-of-thought. But
>>> losing most of your capability because you were caught with your pants
>>> down
>>> and your jets were parked in little more than the family car port isn't
>>> viable either.

>>
>>Last time I went down the hill the carport was still in use at Amberley.
>>A long time ago I watched them get the F111s out of it in a hurry. They
>>can do it quite smartly. The carport works pretty good for that.
>>
>>No doubt there would be some aircraft parked in the carport if things
>>got hot. Others would be at camouflaged dispersal points. we ought to ...

> only an idiot would leave expensive resources parked in harms way.

> On Feb 10, 5:00 am, Stealth Pilot aeroplanes.com.au>
> wrote:

>> only an idiot would leave expensive resources parked in harms way.

>
> The fix for Aussie strike power is the F-35B.
>
> That can can strike a target many thousands of miles away from its
> land base. (Called a port for some reason.)
>
> -HJC

> hcobb wrote:

>> On Feb 10, 5:00 am, Stealth Pilot aeroplanes.com.au>
>> wrote:

>>> only an idiot would leave expensive resources parked in harms way.

>>
>> The fix for Aussie strike power is the F-35B.
>>
>> That can can strike a target many thousands of miles away from its
>> land base. (Called a port for some reason.)
>>
>> -HJC

> How will an F-35B in Australian service strike a target many thousands of
> miles away? The maximum range is 900nm with a combat radius of 600nm. Is
> Australia also going to purchase tankers?

> On Feb 10, 5:00 am, Stealth Pilot aeroplanes.com.au>
> wrote:

>> only an idiot would leave expensive resources parked in harms way.

>
> The fix for Aussie strike power is the F-35B.
>