haha yep. Remember that? Quite the easy top to spin wasn’t he apparently?
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Read the democratic debate break down clearly linked at the top of this article and see the mention of the upcoming democratic debate in the conclusion. Read before you comment please. Oh and not everyone puts on a team jersey everyday and cheers blindly like an idiot for one side or the other. There is no place for… Read more
I think anything like this sends a message. As to the variables of launch, I am not certain but they are constrained to the range limitations (like the range complex not the missile’s distance it can fly).
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Nothing really was discussed about quantity. But a nuclear deterrent, as in one between major powers, is only effective if it is proven to be capable of delivering on its promise.
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Without a long explanation here, Russia has spent some money upgrading their nuclear arsenal, and they are considered reliable weapons. Towards the end of the Cold War it was more about accuracy than reliability IIRC.
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very cool!
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I am showing everyone here out of the grays. I don’t do it by merit I try to follow everyone who comments. Read more
Yeah, the reality of a near peer state conflict includes tens of thousands of targets to be struck. Standoff weapons, such a the TLAM, cost over a million a pop. Compared to a $10-15k for a JDAM kit. We cannot stock or maintain enough standoff weapons to prosecute such a conflict and even if we could, their range and… Read more
UCAVs still need to sortie out of somewhere and fixed airstrips are not a good bet in a A2/AD scenerio Read more
They will help dispersing capability, but do not have nearly the sortie rate of even a smaller conventional CATBAR carrier. And there really aren’t plans to field more than a dozen F-35Bs at a time aboard, and I believe that is only for the LHAs. Read more
this is not accurate. You can flex support assets in a less rigid way than a standard CSG depending on the mission. Look we have a cartier deficit. Need to think creatively about the total force in order to adapt to the realities of both budget and operational need. Read more
you cannot sustain the weight of bombardment needed for major threats and campaigns with standoff weaponry alone, not even close. Read more
They could but the Super Hornet Advanced would be a much better choice due to commonality with the Hornets they have
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Oh those islands could neutralized but that would mean you would be the first to shoot Read more
I was thinking the exact same thing!
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Yeah two separate capabilities though
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Not many helos operating up towards 20,000k
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Huge vulnerability, much more so than ballistic missiles. Just park a ship a few hundred miles off the coast of anywhere and launch off a readily available cruise missile at target X. Sail away or scuttle the ship if you are really worried. In fact, the Russians have an app for that:
Yes many missions, read that top link about the Super Bowl ad for good background and all the links at the bottom really.
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Looks like it
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