F-35 Delays Mean US Marines Are Pulling Old F-18s Out of Desert Storage

Re:F-35 Delays Mean US Marines Are Pulling Old F-18s Out of ... by Laforet on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @03:38AM (#11944093)

The problems is that the F-35's ground attack capacity is better suited to destory large hardened targets such as latest MBTs fielded by Russia and China, rather than the small, numerous and arguably unsophisticated technicals or the proverbial dude running with an RPG. It will cost several times more and does not work as well.

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Re:F-35 Delays Mean US Marines Are Pulling Old F-18s Out of ... by UnoriginalGuy on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @04:45AM (#11944396)

Frankly the 1963 B-52Hs are extremely effective at that mission. They can drop enough munitions to level a medium sized city WITHOUT nukes.

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Re:F-35 Delays Mean US Marines Are Pulling Old F-18s Out of ... by icelancer on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @06:12AM (#11944702)

For sure. The "flying bomb truck" has looped back around to being extremely powerful for current engagements against insurgents. The F35 is indeed one of those... it just costs 100x more than it should.

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