I love how you guys talk like you’re the victim of other people’s deceptions. Maybe if you didn’t dump your allies so easily after you used them to fight your battles for you, you wouldn’t be in this mess. Expect loyalty from others but you show none in return. What did you think was going to happen when you play both sides?

Did hotdog get the sack or something? Seems there is a rash of his nonsense popping up all over the place recently. :rolleyes:

No, I believe he was the one called out that he spent too much time (like all day… literally) in this forum. He soon after disappeared. So he’s just trying to show how he doesn’t waste his time.

And also, they would need to show convincing data on not just performance but also quality. A country that keeps adding toxic subtances to baby food, can they be trusted to deliver high quality fighter jets, with support?

Has this forum been taken over by children? In the another thread some are complaining about the realism in a cartoon. And the world shouldn’t buy American because Detroit makes crappy cars that no one buys even Americans.

Oh yeah like when Americans can actually win against an alien invasion. How touchy and sensitive to realism can you be when it comes exaggerations of others. And we know Americans would never kill off the Na’vi for their precious resources because they have a history of respecting other cultures and nature.

What hypocrisy!

You guys must be smoking something if you think China wouldn’t use this weapon, especially if the US was the aggressor, out of fear it might get Americans mad. You wonder why if the Chinese are in so much awe and fear of the US, why aren’t they bending over backward volunteering to be America’s slaves. Why are all the Western media peeing in their skirts because China doesn’t bow down to the West over Copenhagen or Iran or anything else? Is this like during the beginning of the Iraq War, Americans were angry that Iraqis were shooting back. Yeah everyone in the universe knows if Americans want to kill you, you’re suppose to let them. Or else it’s considered some sort of crime where there’s going to be a trial and a judge and stuff.

Scuds had a range between 100 – 500 KM. They could barely get out of Iraq, let alone target USA. Israel did keep open the possibility of a first strike with nukes against Iraq, but then decided to take the risk of waiting for a strike from Iraq before retaliating. There was enough doubt whether Iraq had a working Nuke (we know now it did not) to take that chance.

If launching a BM at the US by another country with proven nukes and long range missiles, away from the immediate theatre of war, will not invite an instant retaliation, then the credibility of the entire US nuclear doctrine is at stake.

Once BMs enter the picture in a conflict between US and China, you are already on an escalation path that will only end with either a mutual nuclear strike or China offering a truce or surrender.

Range doesn’t matter if one believes the possibilty of it carrying NBC. The fact is they waited until after impact to make conclusions. There’s also talk of short-range and air-launched ASBMs too. Oh I’m sure even if a conventional warhead was used on an ASBM, there would be still be calls for a nuclear counterstrike anyway especially if it scored a hit so it doesn’t really matter.

How would an enemy differentiate between a BM aimed at the ships and a nuclear BM aimed at the civilian targets, at the boost phase itself. _IF_ China is at war with US and then launches a BM (one or more), will the US wait around to see where it falls and what the payload is before deciding on a counter nuclear attack ?

I’m very skeptical about any major militaries using BMs against each other except short range ones to target formations within or very close to their own territory.

This sounds like a strategic weapon more useful by the possibility of its use than actual use.

Just like the first Iraq war and its Scuds. Back then it was speculated that there was a possibility of them having NBC warheads and the allies did wait until impact. Israeli cities were targeted.

Your way to generous there I bet. They’ll need to learn how to copy a decent 4th-gen engine first. A Chinese 5th gen engine anytime soon? Not a chanse in hell. Trust me. My scooter is Chinese, and every single atom in it SUCKS. Total rubbish. My greed fooled me when I decided to buy it.. Next time I’ll pay twice the price for something German instead!

My friend said the same thing about his Volkswagen Jetta. He ain’t buying overpriced crap anymore?