Comments on: Hand up if you’re surprised https://didacticmind.com/2019/06/hand-up-if-youre-surprised.html Strategic Defence of the Mantle of Responsibility Sat, 29 Aug 2020 12:33:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Tom Kratman https://didacticmind.com/2019/06/hand-up-if-youre-surprised.html#comment-1511 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:18:17 +0000 #comment-1511 I'm not so worried about the teething problems. We've had worse aircraft – the F111, for example – that turned out well. Oh, no, the really horrifying thing about F35 and F22 is the unit cost. They're simply insupportable.

]]> By: George https://didacticmind.com/2019/06/hand-up-if-youre-surprised.html#comment-1510 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:45:33 +0000 #comment-1510 I wonder if there are any women and feminists on the design team. I'm sure it will all work out as well as that feminist engineered and designed bridge that collapsed in Florida.

]]> By: JD https://didacticmind.com/2019/06/hand-up-if-youre-surprised.html#comment-1509 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:32:38 +0000 #comment-1509 I think your conclusion is correct. At least the old way of specialized aircraft meant the prospective enemy had to come up with counter-measures for all of them.

If the US reverts to a single platform for everything that makes the enemy's job a lot simpler. Like the duel between the Flying Fortresses and the Luftwaffe – the US would have lost without long-range escort fighters.

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