Defence plan to scrap F-111s

"Pooh Bear" wrote in message
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David Bromage wrote:

The RAAF's 35 F-111 warplanes - Australia's front-line strategic strike
force - could be retired from service from 2006, a decade earlier than
originally planned, if the Government accepts a controversial option put
forward by the Defence Department. A key issue is whether early
retirement for the long-range F-111s could leave a gaping hole in
Australia's front-line defences early next decade.


http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...6866971%255E60
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Exactly who does Australia intend 'striking' ?

Why shouldn't a 60's design a/c be scrapped ?

Which country does Australia reckon it needs 'front-line a/c' to defend
itself from ?

In the unrealistic above event how would ancient F-111s perform ?

Yawn......


Graham



When the F-111 was purchased its intention was to bomb Jakarta....

Stupot

Stuart Chapman wrote:
When the F-111 was purchased its intention was to bomb Jakarta....

The actual requirement for replacing the Canberra was for the strategic
defence of Australia anywhere in the region and an offensive tactical
strike capability if Malaya went pear shaped.

Also Australia still had ideas about joining the nuclear club when they
were ordered in 1963. The alternatives under consideration included the
TSR-2 and Mirage IV.

Cheers
David

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When the F-111 was purchased its intention was to bomb Jakarta....

Stupot

Speaking of Jakarta, the Marriott Hotel has been devasted by a car bomb. An
Australian has been killed.

Dai wrote:

"Stuart Chapman" wrote in message
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When the F-111 was purchased its intention was to bomb Jakarta....

Stupot

Speaking of Jakarta, the Marriott Hotel has been devasted by a car bomb. An
Australian has been killed.

A highly relevant comment.

The real danger to nation states in the future is low-tech terrorism - not 'toys
for boys' hi-tech fighter bombers.

Regds, Graham

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 05:18:14 +0100, Pooh Bear
wrote:

Speaking of Jakarta, the Marriott Hotel has been devasted by a car bomb. An
Australian has been killed.

A highly relevant comment.

The real danger to nation states in the future is low-tech terrorism - not 'toys
for boys' hi-tech fighter bombers.

You seem to forget that terrorism generally has a goal other than
terror itself. It is a means to an end, not an end in itself.

One of the most common objectives of terrorists is the establishment
of a nation state to implent their ideas.

You seem to forget that this places the resources of a state at their
disposal.


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cheers,

Paul Saccani,
Perth,
Western Australia


old turkish proverb: 'He who tells the truth gets chased out of nine villages'

Paul Saccani wrote:

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 05:18:14 +0100, Pooh Bear
wrote:

Speaking of Jakarta, the Marriott Hotel has been devasted by a car bomb. An
Australian has been killed.

A highly relevant comment.

The real danger to nation states in the future is low-tech terrorism - not 'toys
for boys' hi-tech fighter bombers.

You seem to forget that terrorism generally has a goal other than
terror itself. It is a means to an end, not an end in itself.

One of the most common objectives of terrorists is the establishment
of a nation state to implent their ideas.

You seem to forget that this places the resources of a state at their
disposal.

Only in the rabid imaginations of ppl who should know better. The concept of
'state-funded terrorism' is IMHO an imaginary ploy conjured up by the CIA et al to go
invade foreign countries and then get their fingers burnt. Very badly it would seem,
as things seem to be turning out in Iraq. Those who are in the know realise that Al
Qaeda prolly received most of its funding from Saudi Arabia btw.

Pls explain how an F-111 will deter a fanatical suicide bomber.

Cheers, Graham

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Dai wrote:

"Stuart Chapman" wrote in message
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When the F-111 was purchased its intention was to bomb Jakarta....

Stupot

Speaking of Jakarta, the Marriott Hotel has been devasted by a car
bomb. An
Australian has been killed.

A highly relevant comment.

The real danger to nation states in the future is low-tech terrorism - not
'toys
for boys' hi-tech fighter bombers.

Regds, Graham

How strategically myopic of you.

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De Oppresso Liber.