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"Thomas J. Paladino Jr." wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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In article ,
(robert arndt) wrote:

The strange thing is that our "friends" are
putting more money into anti-stealth than our "enemies"...

You might note that most of Europe still worries about Russia, which has
worked on stealth aircraft in the past.


LOL!

Sure....That must be it....

Yes, it is.

The [often duplicitous] Europeans are pouring significant amounts of money
into anti-stealth radar and weapon systems to counter a hopelessly bankrupt
Russia which cannot even afford fuel for it's current aircraft; and even at
the height of it's power didn't come close to fielding a stealth aircraft.

No, they had some reasonably-stealthy stuff, they just couldn't afford
to make it in large quantities. For enough cash, the old Soviet arms
labs would certainly make something stealthy for pretty much anyone who
has a cash.

Not to mention the fact that Russia has sided with 'Old Europe' far more
often than not lately, and that these Europeans have taken seemingly every
step possible to attempt to thwart any American geopolitical and military
advancement in the last three years. But I'm sure these systems are to
counter all the imaginary Russian stealth aircraft that will never be built.

Sarcasm aside, you have no clue as to why the Europeans have built this
hardware. If they were defending against an American threat, as you
suggest, they'd be building more actual *weapons* like planes and tanks,
instead of a few defensive systems that don't make sense unless you have
a superpower's military to back you up.

Think about it... what is the REAL market for anti-stealth systems? Third
world dictatorships and despots who would like to carry an ace in the hole
against the American forces, and are willing to pay highly to get it (but
cannot develop it on their own). Period.

This has a certain amount of sense to it, but it's a pretty iffy
conclusion. For one, you have to assume that these things *work* versus
stealth planes to a huge degree, and that's definitely debatable.

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