On Jun 11, 10:39*am, "Raymond O'Hara"
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"Typhoon502" wrote in message

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On Jun 11, 6:51 am, "Roger Conroy"
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"Tiger" wrote in message

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Raymond O'Hara wrote:
"Ian B MacLure" wrote in message
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"Raymond O'Hara" wrote in
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we are in two wars now{which we are losing} and you're worried about an
imaginary war against an imaginary opponent.
russia is not a credible threat. and it is decades away from being one.

Losing? Lose to whom? Current events don't seem be anywere close. As for
Russia? They have in the last year expanded their military activity.
They
are flying Bears again, opposed our missile defence plans, and Nato
expansions. Decades may be a bit much.

Russia is not the only possible future technologically advanced enemy -
don't take your eyes of China, or a possible Arab alliance.- Hide quoted
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Not to mention Venezuela...

we don't need F-22s to fight venezuela.- Hide quoted text -

If they buy Su-30MKIs? Venezuela has a lot of money and a good
Communist leader. F-15s might be able to handle the threat today, but
those airframes are aging, and you need an air dominance fighter of
*at least* an F-15C's capability to stand even with current Flankers.
Personally, I don't think we should be counting on 30-year-old
fighters in most any scenario, least of which is an ambitious and
belligerent banana republic president with fistfuls of petrodollars.