tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post8777680165342632078..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-17493669021799770302007-10-30T17:21:00.000-04:002007-10-30T17:21:00.000-04:00It doesn't take a military genius to see that no o...It doesn't take a military genius to see that no one aircraft should cost more than the <A HREF="http://www.americanartsalliance.org/americanartsalliance/nea_issue_center.html" REL="nofollow">annual budget of a small US department</A>, or that the F22 is unlikely to be better than 3 F15s, much less better than 10 or 20 of them.<BR/><BR/>This is back-of-the-envelope stuff.<BR/><BR/>-macAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-41153276297490655342007-10-29T22:26:00.000-04:002007-10-29T22:26:00.000-04:00Although, needless to say, I am saddened by the ne...Although, needless to say, I am saddened by the need for all weapons of war and deplore their gorification...<BR/><BR/>...I think the A-10 is one awesomely cool aircraft. I cannot believe they are supposed to be retired in favor of the JSF. Of course I don't have any idea what I'm talking about, but it just seems nuts...Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-79506136257181651372007-10-29T21:39:00.000-04:002007-10-29T21:39:00.000-04:00The A-10 is one of the best planes ever made, and ...The A-10 is one of the best planes ever made, and every pilot I know who has flown one agrees. Granted I am biased as I work on a base that has an A-10 wing stationed there but I must say that if there is a tank or other large object on the ground that needs removal I would put an A-10 against any other plane in the world to do that job.tehr0x0rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837174315984980040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-36836460538339653092007-10-29T11:46:00.000-04:002007-10-29T11:46:00.000-04:00Also: part of the objections to the F-22 are based...Also: part of the objections to the F-22 are based on maneuverability predictions based on things like wing loading. But the F-22 has thrust vectoring, so that's got to change things to at least some degree, right?Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-73966319138093161342007-10-29T08:51:00.000-04:002007-10-29T08:51:00.000-04:00Yeah, I keep hearing that the A-10 is just too ugl...Yeah, I keep hearing that the A-10 is just too ugly and low-tech to make the generals happy...but I also keep hearing that it does its job beautifully.<BR/><BR/>RSN?Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-84029742080270571022007-10-29T03:33:00.000-04:002007-10-29T03:33:00.000-04:00The F-22 (back when it was the Y-22) was originall...The F-22 (back when it was the Y-22) was originally supposed to cost 20M-35M per plane, depending on whether it was configured for the navy, the marines, or the air force.<BR/><BR/>The writing was on the wall when it came in at a x10 cost overrun. You can trade just about anything to shoot down something at $361M/aircraft. It's clearly a suckers bet from the military-industrial complex.<BR/><BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com