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re: USAF plans to retire more A-10 Warthogs; “crippling” close air support capabilities

Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:21 pm to
Posted by kfaulk03
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2007
1483 posts
Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:21 pm to
The F 35 program will cost us $1.6 trillion. This argument just doesn’t hold any water whatsoever.

That’s more than every country in the world combined spends annually.
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
29952 posts
Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:22 pm to
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That’s more than every country in the world combined spends annually.

Only because we’ll never actually know what China spends on their development programs.
Posted by FlyingTiger06
Bossier City, LA
Member since Nov 2004
1908 posts
Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:35 pm to
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This argument just doesn’t hold any water whatsoever.

Which argument? I don't know which comment I made you are referring to here.

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That’s more than every country in the world combined spends annually.

OK...now normalize that against what it costs to make things in the US versus other countries; especially China. Their buying power is much, much greater than ours.
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