You don't plan to defeat today's threat you plan to defeat tomarrow's, yes today it doesn't seem that we have any threat, doesn't mean there won't be athreat soemtime in the next 25 years, China is growing into more nationlistic country, with treaties with the Russians, whom have technology, while the Chinese have money. The EU is a growing threat, I don't care what you say, You have a country that started two wars in the last century, and a nationlistic France that refuses to admit that it is not a superpower both leading a conglomerate of nations that is becoming more unified by the day. We have to plan for the future.
New Discussion let's talk choppers instead of Jets for a change:
What do you think of the AH-1Z in comparison to the AH-64?
The UH-60 in comparison to the UH-1Z?
The Kiowa in comparison to the Longbow?