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You don't need to map the entire ocean when you only need to map our waters. What do we get from knowing what he Brazilian Navy is doing in the Atlantic? Anyone where? Our neighbors do that all the time, hell Singapore spend billion of dollars into new tech and theories to see whether they work...

No, it's just corruption at the end on the day.

The thing is we're discussing as US threatening the Chinese or France (which is laughable) Your other points however I do agree, but since we know that France tends to go their own way in regards to NATO, this goes back to my argument that there is no surefire guarantee that the will keep...

You are severely underestimating the ability of modern satellite tracking. This is a satellite picture of the Lianoing Carrier Battlegroup that was taken by an American COMMERCIAL satellite. No help from surface combatants or MPA's whatsoever. So tell me again how you can't track ship based...

We only have a CISMOA agreement signed about it, meaning we can get but it whether or not it is here is anyone's guess. I think he's prioritizing over Maritime strike and patrol assets as the only thing the PLAAF has that can reach us in one go from their reefs are the Xian H-6 strategic...

Give me the points that are confusing and I'll see if I can explain.

If it's a fighter it has to go through DSCA

She She's saying if we wanted to be actually non-aligned, the logical move should the to buy American AND Chinese fighters. She basically hit every single point I've said in the past year. The Rafale is too expensive for what it is and poor sales and notorious French aftersales service makes...

Naval asymmetric warfare has become obsolete in the facteof satellite tracking + MPA's. Current satellite technology has progressed to the point that you can track a skiff fairly accurately with the aid of a manned/unmanned MPA aircraft. Why else do you think the Singaporeans largely abandoned...

Then this goes back to people being overly concerned over a notional threat 20-40 years down the line instead of being concerned over an actual threat right now. China is being the aggressor to us right now and the US is having a cold war with them. It makes better sense to get closer with them...

The only reason the Far-Left cares about OPM is due to mining rights. You'd be surprised by how quiet a sovereign government would get if you give them a slice of the proverbial investment pie. Look at the Tangguh Oil Field project that was awarded to BP years ago. Notice how quiet Downing...

None, I'd rather just stick with the F-16V and be done with it. And if they needed a twin-engine fighter then go for the EX as it has a lot more commonality with the F-16's and T-50's than the two options presented. And if I was forced to do so I would have just picked the Eurofighter. At the...

I'm not generalizing anything, the point was that everyone keeps saying that France is a safe bet when the reality is that they have caved under Chinese pressure. Our current adversary is China, and they have and will escalate things as days go by. We have all seen what they are willing to do...

Considering that's what happened with Taiwan, they're already an unreliable supplier in this context. People keep saying how France doesn't care what you do with their stuff unless you're literally bombing Paris when in reality they have very likely caved under Chinese pressure. It has happened...

The ROCAF has always had a troubled history with their Mirages, not on just operational readiness, but the fact that they've often had shortages of spare parts. https://www.flightglobal.com/taiwans-aidc-proposes-future-fighter/75695.article "Upgraded and new fighters are essential for Taiwan's...

It's just a Blackhawk with the new intake filter system and mount for a FLIR camera.

The Russian electro-optic/electronics industry is around 20-15 years behind the United States, and they are 10-8 years behind the Chinese. Thinking that Russia can produce electronics that can match or surpass that of her adversaries, let alone even clearing them for export if they do, is a...

That and the US benefits a lot from Israeli companies doing alot of the R&D work for technologies that they eventually co-opt and produce with their own prime contractors.

FMF would beg to differ.

I actually don't think SAAB would get a slice off the Air Force budget. The picture on the Powerpoint is just that, a picture that shouldn't be taken as a serious consideration or sign. If anything, any support plane contract would likely go to either Airbus/EADS or Boeing, they have FAR HIGHER...