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Group: aus.aviation · Group Profile
Author: Spartan613Spartan613 Date: Sep 18, 2008 19:10
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>> Airyx wrote:
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>>> On Sep 17, 9:01?am, true.blue.bl...@ gmail.com wrote:
>>> >>>> Is that a serious question?
>>> Well, over the years, F-14s, F-15s, F-16s, and F-18's have all been
>>> criticized for being over-priced and under effective relative to their
>>> Russian counterparts.
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>>> Yet, they've racked up a A-A kill ratio of something like 150-1.
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>> You have two choices:
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>> - assess the aircraft based on its inherent capabilities and cost:
>> the F35 is a dog, and the Su35 eats it for breakfast. We could buy 3
>> Su35s for the price of 1 F35.
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>> - assess the aircraft based on some anecdotes about the uses that
>> F14s, F15ss, F16s, and F18s were put to and the substandard airforces
>> they came up against.
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>> Please tell me which of the above should be part of our procurement
>> process.
> Neither and/or both. You are assuming the procurement process is that
> simple. It certainly is not and then you also need to factor in the
> political part whether you like it or not.
Bullshit.
Other countries manage perfectly well their alliance with the USA
without feeling the need to be bullied into supporting the
kleptocratic US arms manufacturers.
Those companies have diddled us so many times we can only assume our
Defence procurement people are a bunch of pillow-biters who just can't
wait to be bent over for another violent arse-reaming by Yank thieves.
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Thanks for letting us know where you REALLY stand.
You're not interested in the capabilities of the platforms, it's all about
politics for you.
You don't care what we buy, so long as it wasn't made in America. (Which
reveals your simplistic and childish notions on the construction of the F35.
Many of its components will carry a little green triangle marked "Made In
Australia").
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"Those who beat their swords into ploughshares will plough for those who
didn't".
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