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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 08:58:49 -0700, Steven DeMonnin wrote:
The real Asymmetry is in the quality of the pilots. I don't know the Israeli training tempo, but I read a piece by Victor Hanson that said it was comparable to the US training tempo, and that most dictatorial states have a training regimen that is about 5% of the time the US devotes to its pilots. In military training, marginal quantitative difference can lead to huge qualitative differences. Presumably, if Egypt and Saudi Arabia were prepared to pay large amounts of money for Typhoons, they would also be prepared to pay for pilot training. These days a lot can be donev with simulators; the UK has the JOUST simulator hookup which links 8 simulators together allowing multi-pilot simulated dogfights; presumably this is useful in developing tactics. The reality is, these airplanes are to be used on the local population when they get fractious. I doubt it. If Saudi Arabia just wanted to prevent rebellions, they could have bought something a lot cheaper than the F-15. -- A: top posting Q: what's the most annoying thing about Usenet? |
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