Re: Another US Civil war?

**ScratchMonkey** · 04-10-2009, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by Birdman1011395

And our purity of essence.

LOL. For those who don't know the reference (ie. all you youngsters

):

http://www.filmsite.org/drst3.html

Birdman is obviously old for his years.

**A_Grounded_Pilot** · 04-10-2009, 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by TheSkudDestroyer

I'd like to see how far any tank, air craft, or troop movement gets with F-22's in the air.

They seem to be having enough trouble staying in the air without anybody shooting at them...

**Skud** · 04-11-2009, 12:24 AM

Originally Posted by A_Grounded_Pilot

They seem to be having enough trouble staying in the air without anybody shooting at them...

Let's not confuse F-35's here..

**sordavie** · 04-11-2009, 12:29 AM

I read they may discontinue the F-22...

**KoopaTroopa** · 04-11-2009, 12:46 AM

So far as I can find on the internet, Sordavie, Gates has basically said that work will continue until the F-22 quota reaches 187, but production of F-22s will cease after that (with the F-35 production concurrently being stepped up).

However, will Congress allow it? The Bush administration tried to squash the F-22 program, but Congress didn't allow it then.

**Skud** · 04-11-2009, 01:02 AM

The F-22 is a pure MONEY MAKER for the US Gov. How many F-15's and F-16's did we sell to our allies?

The most advanced multi-purpose fighter ever designed, with no good comparison.

YEAH! Let's just get rid of it...

**sordavie** · 04-11-2009, 01:05 AM

It is? But we don't export the F-22. How are we making money off of it? We could buy almost 3 F-18 Super Hornets for each F-22.

**KoopaTroopa** · 04-11-2009, 04:26 AM

That's Gates' problem with the system: the exorbitant cost for a weapon platform we may never need to use using cash we could buy less-expensive but perfectly adequate equipment with.

**sordavie** · 04-11-2009, 02:18 PM

Moreover, even if we did sell the F-22 to our allies, how many of them could afford a great deal of them? To make lots of money like we did with the F-15 and F-16, we need to sell these things in volume. We're not going to make a lot of money by selling 10 of them here and there.

**Skud** · 04-12-2009, 03:23 AM

I'm biased because I'm enlisted and have hardons for jets.

**A_Grounded_Pilot** · 04-13-2009, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by TheSkudDestroyer

Let's not confuse F-35's here..

http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-databas...-profile/5506/

http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-databas...-profile/5502/

http://www.f-16.net/news_article3334.html

**sordavie** · 04-13-2009, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by A_Grounded_Pilot

http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-databas...-profile/5506/

http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-databas...-profile/5502/

http://www.f-16.net/news_article3334.html

Doh, that's like a billion dollars worth of aircraft right there, gone.

**Vikk|TG-Regulars|** · 04-13-2009, 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by Sir-Nerd

[SP]I'm not sure if you are doing it on purpose, but you need to work on spelling, you are making the same consistent mistakes[/SP]

[RANT]Anywho, the previous mention that Germany was defeated by a great numbers of inferior tanks made by Americans is true, but the Soviet's case is not. The T-34 tank of WWII was considered to be one of the finest tanks in the world, which was a shocker to the Germans.[/RANT]

Nuclear warfare is the major problem when it comes to both civil war and global war. If our country falls in on itself, what will happen to the nukes sitting inside the silos and who's finger will be on the button in the end?

please, no need to be a grammer nazi, i just type too fast

**sordavie** · 04-14-2009, 12:18 AM

Slow down and get your grammar and spelling correct. We'll assume that if you can't even be bothered to get that correct, then you probably haven't bothered to give much thought to what you write.

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