Wolverine,
I’m a little confused about your last post concerning the US over-reliance on AEW etc…what we are talking about here is WAR, DEATH..your posts are taking on the aspect that this is a game, and essentially Americans don’t play fair….RIGHT!!! Thats the whole point!!! we didn’t play fair by dropping atom bombs on Japan, and the Germans didn’t play fair invading little Denmark and Belgium….One on one, any pilot is the equal of another..but this is not a video game…If I’m going into combat I want overwhelming force, I’m not trying to play fair!! The real power of America is not our military per se it is the economic and industrail strength we possess so we can build, pay for, and fly 3000 top of the line fighters, 15 aircraft carriers etc etc…and if a war erupts we could ramp up production and start spitting out F-22’s at 50 a day…thats how we won World War II, sure our soldiers were brave, but no braver than the Germans or Japanese, the big difference was our guys were supported by a huge arsenal, they were never alone..and never will be, that is why you see 200 Marines with Cobra gunships and 12 F-18’s attacking an Al-Quieda target…Some people think its cowardice to use such force…but its smart!! and if your the enemy and you look out your window and see that, it can change the tactical situation.
Look at the Iran-Iraq war, lots of bloodshed, 8 years of fighting, yet in Gulf War One the US and our Allies destroyed the Iraquis in a matter of days!! this isn’t cowardice its War!!! not a game…as much as you would like it to be.
TTP
TTP, there’s nothing wrong in using your whole might when facing a war, and everyone knows who’s the best in the buisness, but that is not the point, but when you do compare aircrafts induvidually ,some aircrafts “may” be superior than others but that situation can be rectified by AWACS and Jammers and Intelligence agencies better logistics.The US comes out far far ahead in these areas.
But where the results of these exercises may come in handy is when we compare induvidual platforms and here the Flanker and the F-15 were compared and the Flanker did outperform the F-15 in some areas . Hopefully both sides may have learnt something out of these exercises . The US certainly needs the excercise, when the main rival it may face in the future also carries hordes of Flankers of similar type. Like Wolverine said ,the US is far more likely to have a war with that other country and so it’s of no concern to India if some of “secrets”(RCS, heat sigs) were given away.It’s the country that is likely to face the Americans and their products in the Future that should be more concerned.
Regarding India,we face a tough neighbourhood where nuclear and missile technology proliferation is the norm among it’s main neighbours and thus the military in India has different priorities than that of the US.India maintains it’s military based on the future potential and capabilities of it’s main rivals.
No one cares if some other country in our region lacks the ability or the foresight to plan ahead .
Re. :”The Number of Air Bases in Western China” comment the other poster posted , I hope he sticks to his picture posting ways . I cant understand where his country even came up in this “How good are US pilots abroad on excersices? ” thread .That particular country’s pilots depends upon the manufacturer’s advertising to judge opposing fighters and systems.If he wants to discuss his own country’s airforce then I request him to open another thread or to keep participating in the number of threads that are already open about that country.
PS. The Indian Su-30 (non MKI) version will be soon gone to be upgraded into an MKI .
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