Oh, absolutely. The best option is of course to have enough of everything. However, the past 20 years we’ve seen a bunch of western militaries phase out a bunch of their older, simpler equipment in favour of a few high-tech systems.
I think my point is that it may be a mistake to discard large volumes of older systems and replace them with a few new systems. If/when a war happens, we’re going to need large volumes of simpler gear as well as the few specialised and modern systems we’ve developed the past 20 years.
Oh I get what you’re saying. But none of the NATO nations are really retiring everything to keep only the newest stuff.
The US has almost 762 active F-16’s in the air force, 375ish F15’s, 180 22’s, and 300 35’s. We have almost as many 16’s as all the other aircraft, which makes sense. They still work lets fucking use em.
Both systems have a place. Your F-16’s, F-18’s are ‘fighters of the line’ while the 22 and 35 are more specialized aircraft for different missions.
Oh, absolutely. The best option is of course to have enough of everything. However, the past 20 years we’ve seen a bunch of western militaries phase out a bunch of their older, simpler equipment in favour of a few high-tech systems.
I think my point is that it may be a mistake to discard large volumes of older systems and replace them with a few new systems. If/when a war happens, we’re going to need large volumes of simpler gear as well as the few specialised and modern systems we’ve developed the past 20 years.
Oh I get what you’re saying. But none of the NATO nations are really retiring everything to keep only the newest stuff.
The US has almost 762 active F-16’s in the air force, 375ish F15’s, 180 22’s, and 300 35’s. We have almost as many 16’s as all the other aircraft, which makes sense. They still work lets fucking use em.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft