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Your "twisted logic" is my "debating tactic". I learned that in High School. In debate you get to line up your datum points (intentionally singular) to create the narrative you wish to support your argument. I am no better than those Gripen fans, or those that are convinced of the...

The A-10 is not a 5th Generation fighter. 5th Generation fighters are not needed per the GOC. The A-10 has a recent track record of knocking down the threats that concern the GOC in his jurisdiction. Ipso facto QED.

A key element in turning both attack and interceptor drones into a more effective reality: Low cost, disposable jet engines. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-contract-beehive-small-disposable-jet-engines/ "Beehive says its 200-pound Frenzy 8 engine is part of the FAMM program...

If it is possible it is possible. 😁

I believe LUCAS is one of the potential Launched Effects Battery assets likely to be deployed by DivArty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-cost_Uncrewed_Combat_Attack_System $35,000 32 kg dry 80 kg prepped for flight with a 20 kg payload 5 mins to prep for launch in the field 800 km range 6...

Cannon battalion (M119 or M777) converts to 16 HiMARS launchers and a Launched Effects Battery for loitering munitions and OWADs with the saved manpower. ... https://www.army.mil/article/291673/25th_infantry_division_advances_transformation_with_himars_precision_strike_and_divarty_integration...

Take this new toy as an example. ... "Hellhound S3 Packs Anti-Tank Firepower Into a Soldier’s Rucksack "Built using 3D printing, the Hellhound S3 is a turbojet-powered, vertically launched system that can be reconfigured for a wide range of mission profiles. "Operators can adapt it as a...

Most of the "just in case"is ultimately focused on making problems disappear. Which is a preferred solution? Another box of link on your electric mule? A CQ with a drone to deliver another box of link? Or a cab rank of loitering munitions circling overhead with an array of payloads and...

We have had discussions about where this IAMD and GBAD stuff goes, the relative roles and importance of fighters, missiles, army GBAD and CUAS, about threats from missiles and threats from drones, about what is needed to defend civil infrastrure like ports and airports. The subject, like the...

An unsecured power pole in a small village was sabotaged. That shut off power to a pumping station on a pipeline which resulted in two major refineries being denied oil for three days. The problem was handled before the refineries ran out of stock on hand...

https://nextgendefense.com/us-army-robotic-mule/ This dicussion almost invariably brings out the comment that when the army moves to lighten the load with lighter kit the 100 lb ruck becomes filled with 100 lbs of light stuff. Looking at these pictures it seems that even when the troops...

I failed to express myself clearly. I agree with you and understand you. The rest of my post essentially argued for a national defence strategy with a gas turbine assist, a plan for sprinting when national survival becomes an issue and we can no longer let ourselves jog along at peace time pace.

Is there not another aspect to this? The Arab states and the West have had a rather ambivalent relationship over the decades, particularly the last couple. Qatar's financing of the Islamist culture in the West has not improved the West's, or America's opinion of the Arab world generally. And...

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/iran-war-oil-saudi-arabia-east-west-pipeline.html I guess if the Persians can't ship oil then the Arabs can't either.

You are free to.

And staying light on the feet... https://news.err.ee/1609991037/estonia-halts-500-million-combat-vehicle-procurement-to-fund-air-defense

Understood and agreed. Hence the rest of my post.

In defence of @YZT 's position that the future is catching up to the A-10 https://defence-blog.com/france-tests-mq-9-reaper-for-drone-intercept-role/ Hellfires from Reapers. Given that the APKWS II was developed as the low cost alternative to the Hellfire for the AH-64, and uses the same...

how many private bomb shelters were built in canada during the cold war While the Canadian government encouraged private citizens to build fallout shelters, very few private, purpose-built underground bomb shelters were constructed during the Cold War. The high costs and the government's focus...