It appears NK is like a child who longs for attention and once they’ve got it become fixated on something else.

The same can be said about the other two and the media coverage that is going to shift to the next non news once people get tired of the “OMG! mad evil commie fatso is threatening the Free World® with WWIII”.

I think its extremely prudent for the US to show resolve when faced with these kinds of threats for to do nothing would demonstrate to this isolated regime that their rhetoric has “scared” their enemies.

Hollow threats are that, nothing more nothing less. Trying to look tough against someone that is not a threat unless it feels threatened is irresponsible.

Notice that US actions were not accompanied by any sabre rattling comments we might have seen from previous administrations.

And notice how this administration doesn’t look for Congress approval before engaging in another mess.

Looks like a gigantic mortar round.

Muslims are not afraid to die because they believe in afterlife. Americans cannot ever scare Muslims.

Complete nonsense.

the other can be solved with words.
potential issues between Malaysia and US supply of spares were all Mahathir’s own doing because he was so anti-Israel and part time anti-US. none of the other Malaysian leaders afterwards share the same views, thus your spare issues from the US is weakened.

secondly if Malaysia had the money to solve Migs spare issues, they would’ve done it by now but the problem is deeper than money. Its a moot point. Malaysia didn’t invite MiG to the next round so don’t bother arguing about fantasy MiG-29 variants in the RMAF.

I don’t fantasize about nothing, you’re the one talking about MiG spares like the state of those aging MiGs was relevant to the thread when it’s know for years that they are going to be retired sooner than later.

US spare issue is not my issue is the issue of US hardware users and time has proven that depending on the political climate in Washington lesser friends have ended up with supply problems and unless Malaysia doesn’t become US new very best friend in the region the risk of political strife continue to exist not matter who is office.

the RMAF prefers their Hornets over the MiG-29
but Mahathir prefer the MiG-29 over the Hornet because of politics.

People tend to like newer hardware.

thowever that’s no longer true these days. Mahathir is gone and Malaysia is more closer to the west now.

A happy honeymoon can end in a sour divorce the same day of the wedding, a good relation now doesn’t guarantee avoiding sanctions in the future if someone in Washington feels the need to score some points throw Kuala Lumpur under the bus in favor of someone else.

The F-117’s were retired a few years ago. They remain in flyable storage in their old desert home, at Tonopah.

Weren’t most of them destroyed?

The remaining units in storage are hardly airworthy and the few(?) flyable samples presumably are used to test other systems.

Cruise missiles don’t shoot down fighter jets.

SAM lobbing can do the trick if those fighters are not destroyed beforehand but in the end is the same concept.