re: WSJ: Trump Not Rebuilding Military

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They find something to complain about. Incredible.

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They aren’t complaining about something inconsequential.

We’re falling behind and fast. The Burke, even the Flight III’s, are maxed out versions of 1970’s and 80’s designs. We can’t get a new class of ships to production in any meaningful sense for more than a generation.

Newport is tied up with putting out one Ford class CVN a decade, which is ridiculous, and Bath/HII can’t keep up with the DDG’s. Groton can’t do more than one Virginia a year, and that’s without considering that they need to start pumping out Columbia class subs to replace the older Ohio’s. All the while Ingalls is making LPD’s and LHD’s that we’ll never use.


But thank god we built 50 Freedom and Independence class bass boats that wouldn’t survive an engagement with 8 guys on a shrimp boat

Let's see 8 to 12 hours a day for the last 23 years studying, analyzing, reading and trouble shooting avionics systems on multiple aircraft. Why they fail, how they interact with each other and what they can fully do. As to 1.5 hours a day flying it. Yea, I have forgotten more about those jets than a pilot would know. Like I said the records speak for themselves.

Waste of print written by one skilled similar to an English major with her heart set on a career fashion magazines.

Have you ever participated in William Tell, Gun Smoke, or anything similar?

You said F 15's were 15-0. (by the way, I'm not bad mouthing the F 15. it's a bad mother fricker) What is the F15's record vs F16's in simulated combat?

Also, while you and I are having a difference of opinions between f 16 and f 15, it kind of proves my point vs the OP who sky screaming that B-2's are outdated tech and our military is in decline.

The F 15 is older than the F 16.

We have spent trillions on defense in the last decade, more than the next 10 countries combined.

So its pretty simple.....

We are absolute idiots in how to spend the money.....

Or the idiots are robbing us absolutely blind.

And I dont need the mouthpiece for the MIC, the Post telling me fairy tales.

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The White House is touting its $1 trillion defense budget for 2026.

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Why not $2Trillion?

Well recruitment is up big time. So Idk what the fck these people are going on about.

That article is dumb.

It has been 6 months.

yea, I was going to bring that up as well. our planes that came out in the 70's have current advanced tech.

Where all were you stationed? I'll guess you were at Moody or Warner Robbins at some point?