AviationBanter - View Single Post - GIVEN CURRENT WARS, F-35s ARE BETTER CHOICE THAN MORE F-22As

**tankfixer**

In article , raymond-
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"tankfixer" wrote in message
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In article , raymond-
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"tankfixer" wrote in message
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In article , raymond-
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are they just going to magically appear in 10 years, full blown, armed
to
the teeth with ultra-fighters?

Yes.

Example: German 1930 to 1940.

the germans didn't have the best stuff. and there was plenty of warning.
the french built the maginot linebefore the german threat was known.
you want to do the same today.
we started then too.
the u.s. built a tank factory and it was producing tanks in less than a
year.

In 1930 Germany was a semi stable democracy that was no danger to her
neighbors.
No one really believe she would be a danger again.
Over the next ten years she build up her airforce and army to the point
that by 1940 she had taken Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, France,
Belgium and the Netherlands.
Back then a fighter or tank could be designed and produced in under a
year.
To suggest that any country can do that now is absurd.

in 1930 everybody was mired in a worldwide depression. england and france
were bankrupt.
the situation is not at all analogous. and germany was a concievable enemy.

The world believed Germany was neutered after the end of WW1

and the fact is the allies didn't lack better weapons than the germans.
hurricanes and DW520s were capable and the spitfire maybe better than the
ME109.

The argument can go round and round but thte fact is Germany rebuilt her
military over the short ten year period.
The same length of time you think we would have as a warning now.

british tanks had better armour and french tanks had better armour and
bigger guns.

A minscual number of British tanks were better armored than German
tanks.

you are carrying on like we are defenseless and falling behind.

Hardly, I am countering your arguments with the facts of the time.

and you also refuse to acknowledge the fact we are embroiled in 2 wars that
are straining the economy and which show no sign of ending anytime soon. .
we just can't keep spending on things that aren't needed now,

You should pay attention better.
Iraq shows every sign of being resolved.
And if Obama wins and actually does as he claims then within a year we
will be out of Iraq (except for forces to guard US interests, train the
Iraqi's and chase terrorists, Sen Obama's words not mine)

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