wtornado Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 Firstly, costs are currently $1 trillion, $1.5trillion were expected cost in 2010. $1 trillion is peanuts considering that US is expected to have generated over $3 quadrillion at current rates of growth and inflation in the same time frame, F-35 program is 0.03% of that. Superbug and Viper are inadequate in dealing with modern SAMs like S-400 while maintaining acceptable attrition rates. Trudeau is just posturing. RCAF would be foolish to pull out of the JSF program. None of the other options are noticeably cheaper then what the F-35 is expected to be by the 2020s, nor will they have the same capabilities. $250 million/jet, maybe 10 years ago. Current LRIP are around $100m and expected to decrease further as production ramps up. You can't project power with ICBMs. The biggest We cannot afford it here in Canada with the aging population and taking care of our own with free medicare and good social programs we take care of our own first then worry about the rest of the screwed up world. The Middle east is a good example with billions spent and it is screwed up more than ever. From losing in Vietnam onward we have done and accomplished not very much
Fortis_Leader Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 Just maintain the nukes and sit back and do nothing as usual like in the South China sea. You know, the USAF had some fun idea about how nukes were the only things that mattered any more and that tactical capabilities in planes were worthless back in the late '50s and '60s. That's exactly what caused the ridiculous performance in the skies over North Vietnam. I sometimes feel like we live in some sick dream, with the roles changing. Russia, the former evil empire, that ruined my childhood, stands for freedom and justice, and USA becomes the ugly evil empire, ready to abuse and destroy any country, if it gets their handlers a profit. +1. It's just awful how in America, opposition politicians are gunned down in sight of Congress, how they've invaded and annexed large parts of their neighbouring... Oh wait, that's Russia standing up "for freedom and justice".
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