Comments by "ViceCoin" (@ViceCoin) on "Binkov's Battlegrounds" channel.

  1. GPS is jammed in Ukraine.
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  2. $106 million per expendable missile is more than an F35.
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  3. NATO should buy proven KA52 Alligator.
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  4. NATO as no ammo. Western banks are failing.
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  5. 15,000 Azovskis have met Bandera in hell.
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  6. Azovskis fell into a trap. The war was lost in the summer 2023 offensive.
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  7. UK and EU economies can't see survive a long war due to energy shortages and economic collapse. Ukraine is already out of old men and teen conscripts.
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  8. What a but civil unrest against the US after the invasion?
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  9. With 70% of US youth unfit, how will the US raise an army of 8 million, necessary to occupy a nation of 80 million?
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  10. It took 20 years to build 1 Ford class carrier (with defects).
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  11. It takes 20 years to build a $6billion Ford class carrier.
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  12. China has not fought since 1979.
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  13. Still faster than F35 fighter.
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  14. Who needs NATO? Russia sells Turkey S-400 SAMs
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  15. Bad news for Hollywood and fighter mafia.😅
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  16. It's ,mostly urban street fighting, not 3rd World desert combat. The muddy ground and damaged infrastructure can't support 70ton tanks.
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  17. Afghan herders with no training beat the US. According to US ARMY, in urban warfare, 1 soldier is needed for every 10 civilians. 3 million Palestinians require 300,000 troops.
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  18. The country with 1 fewer casualty wins. China as a gender imbalance of 37 million more males than women, and can sacrifice 100s os millions in war.
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  19. Pakistan and India have 100 of nukes, but millions of sick dying people in megalums.
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  20. Water wars are next.
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  21.  @LeoChen-v6z  Stop fighting wars. No interventions, no need for $1trillion MIC.
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  22. Ukrainian reservists will not fight. They will sell their arms and flee.
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  23. Will the US still beg for Iranian oil?
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  24. NATO has no ammo or cannon fodder. Most of Germanys tanks dont work. UK carriers and Trident missiles fail.
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  25. US bombed mostly innocent civilians.
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  26.  @ChucksSEADnDEAD  Drones or Tucano prop planes could bombed shanty towns in Syria.
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  27. China and DPRK could take advantage of the war by invading Taiwan and South Korea.
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  28. Ukraine will doesn't disclose losses so it can collect payrolls, and avoid compensating families.
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  29. UK is broke. Longterm economic decline, recession, inflation, Ukraine scam.
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  30. China has 37 million s urplus males, 20% youth unemployment. 77% of US recruits are unfit.
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  31. Militants beat US special forces in Mogadishu and Afghanistan.
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  32. F35 melts at Mach 1.
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  33. US DOESN'T have the budget or industrial base to mass produce complex weapons.
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  34. The US lost over 1,000 choppers in Vietnam.
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  35. RAM is delicate, expensive, and limits speed and performance.
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  36. Standoff cruise missiles are cheaper than stealth aircraft.
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  37. Russia does nothing right, but is crushing NATO.😢
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  38. No political strings attached?
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  39. After wasting $billions on LCS, Zummult stealth destroyers, and Ford class carriers.
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  40. US lizards speak with fork tongue on One China Policy.
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  41. A MiG29 trainer, piloted by the Ghost, claimed 6 kills in dogfighting.
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  42. Unmanned underwater vehicles, drones, and Caspian Sea Monster is the real carrier killer.
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  43. 20 years to build a Ford class carrier.
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  44.  @ab6789  Read a book, or Wikipedia. Sounds like fun for gamers, but in reality, 43 marines without support would not have access to fuel, food, or ammo resupply, GPS, or satellite intel, helicopters or air support. In the battle of Little Bighorn, Apache armed with arrows and no armor, beat the US calvary. Also, the grunts might alter history by possibly killing your ancestors:(
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  45. By 2030, climate change resource wars will end civilian.
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  46. All nations need nukes for peace.
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  47. Depleted uranium has poisoned Iraq and Afghanistan with radioactive waste, including US veterans serving in combat zones (like Biden son).
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  48. What about UK carriers with F35s? Fyi, a MIRV footprint is 400 kilometers by 200 kilometers along the missile flightpath.
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  49. Fight. Winner takes all.
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  50. If B2 cost $2billion, how does the B21 cost $660 million with more expensive tech?
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  51. A stealth fighter that can't fly is worthless
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  52. @Wehavenevermet  The for-profit supply chain can't stay in business long with a low production rate. That's why Russia outproduces the combined West 3X in ammo, artillery, tanks, missiles, aircraft.
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  53. 6th Gen fighter will probably cost $1billion each.
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  54. 6th Genfighter won't be fully operational by 2040. To late war with China or climate change wars.
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  55. Hawk is junkyard surplus.
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  56. US lacks the debt or industrial capacity to mass produce expensive weapons. It takes a decade and $12billion to produce a Ford class carrier.
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  57. Lasers don't work in rain, fog, clouds, snow.
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  58. Taiwan voters rejected pro-independence candidates. No conventional mission for B21.
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  59.  @tripod7991  Go back to your games, Fanboy.
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  60. Drone helicopters are expendable.
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  61. I thought the F35 automated maintenance system would increase availability?
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  62. Money needed to pay for F35.
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  63.  @ChucksSEADnDEAD  Only saw combat against Afghan militias.
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  64. US programs failed. More money for contractors.
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  65. Jammers can be detected and provide a homing beacon.
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  66. West needs to be ready for war with China, by 2025, not 2030.
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  67. Can't afford that with $100 million F35 fighters. The US already reached $31trillion in war debt. The world is dropping US treasuries and the USD as a reserve currency.
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  68. USAF is recruiting retired pilots.
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  69.  @darkone9172  76 Su57 fighters are approved for production. Russias entire defense budget is $70billion, less than the projected $1.6trillion lifetime cost of the F35 Junk $cam Fighter.
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  70. How would NATO respond?
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  71. Ukraine will run out of ammo by end of August.
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  72.  @2854Navman  They were still outgunned, but still won, as were the Vietnamese, and Afghans.
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  73. F35 stealth fighters are not practical to fight 3rd world armies or mililtants.
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  74. Heavy MBTS are not useful in urban combat and against militias.
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  75.  @arewe9647  120mmm gun can't elevate to fire at rooftop insurgent positions, like the Russians learned in Grozny. Tank rooftop armor is vulnerable to RPGs.
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  76. Helicopters need air-to-air missiles to fight drones and helicopters.
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  77.  @esathegreat  Yes, After Ukraine, Putin will only stop at France, a nuclear weapon state.
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  78.  @tripod7991  F35 stealth coatings melt 30 seconds at Mach 1. Facts are facts.
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  79.  @elijah_9392  US can't produce enough weapons to supply Ukraine. It will take years to rebuild depleted NATO stocks. Korea is already replacing US contracts.
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  80. Su-70 AI drone have been testedin combat in Ukraine.
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  81. A50 can provide over horizon targeting for S400.
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  82. F22 has poor availability rates.
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  83.  @ivanlagrossemoule  F35 is still limited to a few seconds above Mach 1, and most of the $22,000/hr maintenance cost is repairs to stealth coatings after flights.F22 needs climate controlled hangars. Not likely in wartime conditions.
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  84. One Russian Poseidon autonomous nuclear drone torpedo can destroy the UK. Russia has nuclear SSBNs and Yasen subs with hypersonic missiles.
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  85.  @AChannelThatDoesNothing  Too many trash tabloids. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status-6_Oceanic_Multipurpose_System
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  86.  @RonUS2009  Leave another vacuum for ISIS to fill, like Syria, Afghanistan, Libya?
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  87.  @RonUS2009  Christian Assad kept the Jihadists in check, and Syria posed no threat to anyone. Now the US occupies an airbase and oilfield in Syria's agricultural region. After the collapse of the USSR, global mafia and ethnic conflict filled the vacuum. After the Romans, the Dark Ages resulted in chaos. So much for your 'good people' bringing happy endings (only in massage parlors).
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  88.  @RonUS2009  Left early during drawdown:) Tired of living with uneducated drunken young men (I took more courses than my entire 7th Data Processing Unit). Your 'minimal' involvement costs $3 trillion over 20 years, and thousands of Afghan civilians, ongoing PSTD homeless US vets, and opioid epidemic.
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  89. The NGAD fighter may also be a failure and overbudget.
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  90.  @spackle9999  F35 would have trouble with a MIG21. Indian MiGs dodged Pakistani missiles in the last engagement. https://www.quora.com/How-do-fighter-pilots-dodge-Surface-to-Air-missiles
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  91. BVR missiles have low kill probability against fighters.
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  92. Korea is competing to replace NATO weapons.
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  93.  @Mchampagne63  It better be enough to fight China. The US Navy has raised recruitment age to 41yo due to 77% of youth unfit.
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  94. The pilots received the Medal of Honor.
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  95. Cruise missiles, drones, and ballistic missiles are more effective than manned aircraft.
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  96. F16 cant operate from shot, damaged airfieds.
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  97. India and Pakistan also are prepared to nuke across border.
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  98. Taiwan voters rejected pro-independence candidates.
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  99. Global euthanasia will end climate change.
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  100. 50k casualties in Korea before truce. More in defeat in Vietnam (similar to Venezuela military).
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  101. US is abandoning ICBMs.
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  102.  @pindot787  F35 is $100 million with higher operating costs than original F15. F35 has delicate coatings, and limited engine supply. Upgraded F15EX is $117million. US defense industry can't remain profitable by designing cheaper replacements for expensive weapons. Most of these new weapons are not available for export.
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  103.  @pindot787  The F35 is a flying supercomputer, but the $1.6trillion program is the most expensive in history, and has 900 known defects. The nose gear on a F35B collapsed on landing this week.
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  104. Russia launched more satellites.
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  105. The timeframe between first flight and fully operational, could be decades. 50% of F35 fighters are grounded.
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  106. What about nuclear fallout, and nuclear winter?
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  107. Will probably never see combat, like F22.
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  108. It's all about maximizing profits for MIC, not effectiveness.
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  109.  @iamthepotato4312  The US is no longer at the peak of its power. Debt is no longer unlimited. The world is replacing USD in trade.
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  110.  @darkone9172  The costs of endless repairs and problems will exceed the original projected lifetime cost of $1.6 trillion. An auto with endless defects is called, a "lemon".
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  111.  @superdav345  Technical merit is overshadowed by political influence, contractor lobbying, jobs, etc,
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  112. NGAD will be the 1st $Billion fighter jet. F22 was $350 million each.
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  113.  @darkone9172  How will the US fight 150 J20 stealth fights over Taiwan? 150
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  114. MO money for the MIC.
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  115. What about child soldiers?
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  116.  @AChannelThatDoesNothing  Great for UK garbage tabloids, mercs and BAE. 70% of weapons are smuggled. Mexican narcos have Ukraine Javelins. The Clown of Kviv and oligarchs skim GBP billions. UK/ EU economies are trashed. Russia has lower inflation, and higher growth. Outproduces entire West in ammo, tanks, missiles.
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  117.  @Xenomorphine  $billions for MIC and US big oil. Hows your UK fuel bill, sucker?
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  118.  @PippetWhippet  While the UK is in recession, and 1 million blokes cant afford to eat, Brits support the royals and Ukraine. Russias entire defense budget, including nuclear forces, was less than aid to Ukraine from 50 countries. Russia is inflicting a geostrategic defeat on the West, in the largest war since WWII. Even UK trash tabloids are conceding reality.
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  119.  @ulrichkristensen4087  Greece and Turkey fought inn1974. There was no NATO intervention.
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  120. LBJ planned to nuke China in any war with the USSR.
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  121.  @Iove75  Good, fight harder, less rape crimes. US troops get PSTD from combat against peasants.
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  122.  @Zarastro54  America leads the world in obesity, diabetes, drug addiction, and covid19 deaths. The navy lowered literacy requirements. US has same literacy rate as Iraq, 79%. China can lose millions. Americans cant afford to lose thousands, before protests start.
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  123.  @rogersmith7396  automation will replace 40% of workers. Old men can control drones and autonomous vehicles, and hack. Smarter than young potheads and functional alcoholics (most of US military).
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  124.  @rogersmith7396  Western mercs complain that Ukraine is not like Call of Duty. No food, water, or ammo, and Chenchens shoot back:(
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  125.  @Zarastro54  Even is 30% are fit, that is a disposable force of 1 million vs a shrinking US force. Service members discharged for refusing covid19 shots are offered reinstatement, if they are still interested in serving.
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  126.  @Zarastro54  As a student of war, Iam a cold-blooded realist. Over 100 million died in 20th century conflicts; 6 million from the war on terror; and 1 million from the war in Iraq. So from the perspective of your decision makers, the masses are expendable, cannon fodder. But most still willingly obey.
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  127.  @Zarastro54  I'm a army vet, and opposed NATO expansion, Ukraine Azov battalion, the 2014 Victoria Nuland's coup, Ukraines slaughter of 12,000 civilians in Donbass, invasions of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Libya. I don't believe the corporate media and their corrupt govt.
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  128.  @Zarastro54  All states are corrupt. US citizens are the biggest suckers. They pay the highest healthcare, college, and housing costs, but most leave paycheck to paycheck, and their taxes support 1,000 bases, $trillion MIC, as $trillion wars in failed states.
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  129. The Soviet 7 day plan would have used tactical nukes to clear NATO defenses.
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  130. Russia fires more artillery round in Ukraine in 1 day, than the US produces in a year. US contractors rather produce small batches of profitable weapons than mass production of cheap ammo.
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  131.  @paulthesoundguy1  It wasn't political, just stupid. You don't win insurgencies by killing civilians (ie, Vietnam). 90% of drone kills were innocent civilians. The best military doesn't always win wars. Grunts only value body counts, not grand strategy.
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  132.  @peceed  Yes, but sonar, MAD, and wake detection (and radiaion detection for carriers) beats stealth.
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  133. Rail gun rounds would not need gunpowder or propellant.
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  134.  @chance20m  A 120mm gun has no targets in a 3rd world slum. The Russian BMP-T TERMINATOR can fire missiles guns, and grenades at rooftops.
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  135.  @jannegrey  70 ton tanks cannot manuver on muddy and crumbling roads in slums, or cross rivers quickly, or safely transit old, structurally weak bridges. Jet fuel supplies would be limited for M-1 gas turbine engines. Also, nonlethal weapons areneeded to be successful---stun grenades, rubber bullets, sirens, microwave skin heaters, etc.
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  136. A10 attack planes should be converted into RPVs.
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  137. F35 has 50% readiness rate.
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  138. Stealth bombers not needed for DPRK.
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  139. What is the kill probability of BVR missiles?
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  140.  @EmperorLionflame  Maybe the US should return to tactical nukes, like on the Genie air-to-air rocket?
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  141.  @EmperorLionflame  Good idea. The ramjet version of the Russian R77 Adder is also for export (when the US abandons sanctions). The book, American Gripen, recommended replacing the F35 JSF with Swedish JAS37 fighter, but the MIC will lobby to save US jobs.
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  142.  @tripod7991  Tom Cruise always wins.
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  143. Ukraine has no more Leopards or Chhallenger tanks left.
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  144. ​ @johannes.hoellwerth So can dodge mines and artillery? The Zely dance, LOL
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  145.  @smuganimeface6247  Nazis will sell Abrams to Hamas, LOL
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  146.  @macicoinc9363  Only dumb Americans don't understand the war started with the US coup in 2014. No sane country wants all of the failed nazi state of Ukraine, "The poorest, most corrupt country in Europe." Poland will merge with Western Ukraine; the rest will be privatized, and sold off to multinationals for more profits for president Lewinsky.
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  147.  @totoitekelcha7628  A dozen rocket launchers will not change the war, especially when only 30% make it to the front without being destroyed, or sold on the Ukrainian black market. It not a video game. Ukraine is a failed, corrupt, nazi state.
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  148.  @totoitekelcha7628  Is that why Poland ordered HUNDREDS???
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  149.  @juliuszkocinski7478  I remember that lies of wmds, 911, etc.
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  150.  @macicoinc9363  US needs to be ready for the next war, with Iran, or China over Taiwan by 2026.
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  151.  @red.menace0074  Navy is irrelevant in Ukraine war. War was won by Russia in meatgrinder.
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  152.  @Sep-jk3vi  At high altitude, A50 allowed S400 to kill Ukrainian fighters at over 200km range. Subs only carry manpads. Got it?
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  153. B21 is too expensive to risk in a conventional war.
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  154.  @scuba36fun  No world, no rent, no bills, no worries. LOL
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  155.  @Nothing_._Here  But bananas d o not emit radioactive plumes when burned. You also believe that fallout from atmospheric blasts was harmless?
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  156.  @Nothing_._Here  Duh, physics 101: onnimoact, shells generate heat (especially high-explosive antitank 30mm). KE= 1/2(mass*velocity)squared. Know math?
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  157.  @Nothing_._Here  blocking your immature insults, cry baby.
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  158. Composite armor can protect against 30mm cannon shells.
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  159.  @irontongue5389  Duh, T14, T64, T80,T90. Applique used since 1980s.
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  160.  @janchovanec8624  Duh, no. Composite armor, also used in all the tanks I cited that you obviously know nothing about. Stick to FB teens.
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  161.  @janchovanec8624  Read s omething serious dude. Got no time for FB teens.
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  162.  @looinrims  NATO does not want Ukraine--a corrupt, failed state, with territorial disputes, and internal conflicts.
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  163.  @looinrims  Ukraine's Comedia PM is begging for NATO membership. But after provoking Putin into a massive deployment of forces, the EU with never accept Ukraine. Germany and Turkey will veto any expansion.
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  164.  @looinrims  Ukraine moved troops east, to threaten ethnic Russian regions seeking autonomy, bt miscalculated on Western support:(
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  165.  @looinrims  I only drink juice and water. Serbia will be admitted into NATO before Ukraine, Lol What does Ukraine have to offer? The rulers loot most of the public's funds, and they can't event defeat internal separatists.
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  166.  @ispectra  Poland is still waiting to join NATO. Turkey is a member, but can't buy F35 fighters.
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  167. What about electromagnetic railnlsunchers, firing hypersonic glide vehicles, and track carriers with drones?
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  168. Ekranoplan with drones and missiles.
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  169. Nah, US needs to keep the war going.
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  170.  @That_GuyYouTube  Create penal battalions, with the 2.5 million body-building gangstas in America's prisons.
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  171. Europe has no industry or money for local arms production. Even VW is closing facilities.
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  172.  @andrewworth7574  Turkey wants all nations out of Syria. So US and Turkey may fight over Kurdistan.
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  173.  @andrewworth7574  Russia leads the world in thanks, subs, artillery, drones, space satellites, missiles.
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  174. Bury the cockpit, and eliminate windows.
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  175. The kill radius of an airburst, innmeters, on a soft target is 1344*(yield in kilotons)***1/3
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  176.  @freedomfighter22222  Eygpt threatened to bomb the dam.
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  177.  @SurafelKidane-nz4td  The strongest will take all the water by force.
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  178.  @saparotrob7888  True. Autonomous drones can loiter for days, and abort.
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  179. A day after the drone flight, Crimea was attacked by naval drones.
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  180. With the corruption, and shortages, quality control would be a joke.
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  181. Most uture combat will be in urban areas, not in open countryside.
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  182. What happened to NGAD?
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  183.  @00HiGhGuY00  Blah blah. Where is the $1billion hypersonic stealth fighter?
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  184. Google glass can replace displays.
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  185. 6th gen NGAD will be 1st $billion fighter.😮
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  186. US $billion NGAD was unaffordable to mass produce. Air force required cost reductions.
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  187. Looks like a mini F2Y with external weapons. The Boeing X-32 would have been a better design.
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  188. And host a F35 VSTOL stealth fighter.
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  189. World peace!😊
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  190. Cost over $100million, $22,00/hour to operate and last for 70 years.
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  191. Modernized planes would take months to test and certify.
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  192.  @anonymouslegion728  They tested Migs armed with Soviet weapons. I never read about funding the integration of US weapons. Most of those Migs have limited radar and strike capabilities, and analog displays. Ghost of Kiev?
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  193.  @anonymouslegion728  Even the F35 has not been cleared to use many air force weapons.
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  194. Networked drones and airships would be cheaper and more survivable.
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  195. Fighter mafia picked the F35 over the ugly Boeing X32 JSF, and cancelled the navy X47 drone.
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  196. F22 stealth coatings need to be replaced frequently.
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  197.  @MultiCJ45  Actually Wagner is outkilling Ukrainians 10:1. The slow pace is to Russias advantage, not the impatient, unprepared West (out of ammo, crumbling economies, no industrial base).
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  198. The lethal radius of an airburst against soft targets is w 1344*Y**(1/3) 944Y**1/3 in ground burst. See Sim BRAVO ROMEO DELTA.
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  199. Great for attacking militants in 30yo pickup trucks.
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  200. China makes too many enemies.
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  201. Blimps can expand signal coverage.
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  202.  @waynemcdonagh3554  It would be harder to produce a fake narrative for independence. Taiwanese dont want to be a proxy like the weapons testing grounds of Ukrainistan.
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  203.  @waynemcdonagh3554  Maybe not, but Asians value prosperity over dying for US principles and a MIC that has been building weapons for the war over Taiwan for decades (F35, B21, waveride, etc).
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  204.  @waynemcdonagh3554  I don't think Taiwanese want to fight a proxy war for the benefit of the US. Not everyone is as delusional as the Cokehead Clown of Kiev.
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  205. Manned tanks will control drones.
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  206. Stealth bombers and B52s have low readiness rates. Most nukes are in storage, and not deployed on delivery systems.
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  207. Missile radars are not as effective as an aircraft radar. Gliding mode is not effective against manuvers ngers targets.
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  208. Diesel subs are better than surface ships.
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  209.  @Curly_Horse  Post humanity will be more sustainable, until it fights WW4 and WW5, or runs out of fissionable material.
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  210.  @n0sc0p3dpwnd9  Killed lots of 40yo NATO junk. No weapon is invincible. Ukraine is the 1st real war since WWII.
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  211.  @kaianttila1619  Suckers keep dying for Field Marshal Nuland.
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  212.  @nomercynodragonforyou9688  Too expensive and complicated to maintain by teen conscripts.
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  213.  @williammoore772  With 70% of American youth unfit to fight (outside of video screens); all major weapons programs $billions over budget, and a deficit at 120% of GDP, a major non-nuclear war is a fantasy.
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  214. Who will bomb their reactors?
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  215.  thulomanchay  Zelensky and friends? LOL
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  216.  thulomanchay  Why does Ukraine need to replace 500,000 combat losses?
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  217.  thulomanchay  Why is Ukraine demanding deportation of its refugees back, to feed the meatgringer?
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  218.  @bojanveljovic559  Artillery accounts for most kills. Russia outguns Ukraine 10:1 in Artillery, aircraft, tanks, and manpower.
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  219.  @johanmetreus1268  Where will they find and train willing cannon fodder before the front collapses?
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  220. China has no intercontinental bombers.
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  221.  @pindot787  All next Gen air force combat planes cost 10X more money. F4 $2.4million; F14 cost $40million; F22 $350 million; B1 $265million; B2 $2billion. B21 should cost about $20billion, NGAD about $1billion.
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  222.  @Gilfilosofia  Eliminating climate - controlled hangars, and coatings that last more than 1 mission should reduce operating costs, but should increase purchase price to about $20billion, unless the US used tech from crashed alien ships.
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  223.  @Gilfilosofia  Most of the tech is only used for a small number of planes. No economy of scale. Only major contractors can support tiny fleets of $Billion bombers. Thats why most of the supply chain for the F22 no longer exists.
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  224.  @pindot787  Unlike consumer junk, weapons production is shrinking. So for defense contractors to profit, they must charge more to cover R&D, lobbying, bribes, rising staff and operating costs on lower production runs. No new US weapon system has fallen in cost, like Apple products.
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  225.  @tluangasailo3663  Not expensive for a nation already carrying $31trillion in debt; cant forgive student loans, provde affordable healthcare, or deal with crumbling infrastructure, loss of power from the Hoover Dam, or water for the southwest and Mississippi due to megadroughts? F35 production will probably be stopped by 2030, due to a deep recession, Taiwanese unwillingness to fight a US proxy war against China, and continuing F35 reliability issues.
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  226.  @tluangasailo3663  Defense contractors can't earn profits for shareholders by delivering cheaper weapons at tiny production runs. Thats why the MIC lacks production capacity to support Ukraine.
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  227.  @tluangasailo3663  MIC is not the consumer electronics industry. Projects vrequire expensive R&D, lobbying, hiring security cleared staff (no outsourcing) , and specialized, low-volume production. Homes,cars,and 5G phone prices have also increased.
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  228.  @monitoni7901  Prices for weapons never drop. Not profitable for MIC.
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  229.  @tluangasailo3663  When the world stops trading in US currency, the empire will collapse. The Saudis and China are already dedollarizing from the petrodollar. Roman empire lasted thousands of years. America will struggle to last 300 years.
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  230.  @ilovecoffeev  Only applies to consumer products (except Apple). New weapons must cost more due to limited production runs. Only 20 B2 bombers are in service. How can Lockheed cover the $billions in R&D, skilled labor and tooling costs on a handful of production planes? Only 2 $12billion Ford class carriers ($37 billion development cost) and one $8 billion Zummult destroyer ($22.5billion development) were built. The US does not have the industrial base to mass produce weapons, like in WWII.
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  231. As with B2, military aircraft use specialized nonconsumer MIL STD1553 US-origin components that are hardened against EMP, and radiation. The F35 fleet was grounded due to the discover of material from China.
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  232. Where did Saudi Arabia buy their nukes?
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  233. Drones are fominating the war.
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  234. China plies critical components for F35.😅
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  235. Drone F15s we would be cheaper
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  236. ​ @levipierson4946 Pilots are expensive. The air force is struggling to find and keep human pilots.
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  237. Not coat effective for insurgent conflicts. The US only fights failed states.
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  238. No use for $350 million stealth fighter in post-Cold War world.
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  239. A supersonic Caspian Sea Monster would be cool.
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