Planes, Trains and T110s
Дата: 22.05.2021 01:19:21
KilljoyCutter, on May 20 2021 - 06:38, said: Models that entered service in the 70s are still going, in updated
forms And then there's the B-52. Retiring the
F-22 in 2030 is an admission that something has gone horribly wrong
with the US development and procurement process. The_Chieftain: With under 200 F-22s on strength, one wonders whether the
cost of maintaining the type doesn't more than offset the cost of
buying 300 (or whatever) F-35s.The fact that they're acknowledging
F-35 is more expensive than hoped (i.e it was supposed to be the
cheap part of the partnership with F22) is another problem
entirely. There is a theory which states that as the cost of
defense procurement continues to increase, eventually the US will
only be able to afford one fighter, and each of the services will
have to take turns flying it. The merits of a a
semi-command economy and cheap labour are being shown by China.
Most of their naval fleet is under ten years old, now. Even if
they're two decades behind the US, most of the US ships are
approaching 30. And their air force seems to be surprisingly
lacking in J7s and A5s...
Planes, Trains and T110s