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Air Superiority in the Navy
- Thread starter SnowballsChance
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Uh, not really. This is what he said, mentioning only the air component:
Mentioning only the air component is insufficient. Ground force benefit is incidental?? Like I said above, thats like saying Germany fought the Battle of Britain so that it could bomb London some more. The real purpose was:
because at the end of the day only ground forces occupy territory. Excepting Kosovo (like skidkid said) this is often the goal, and the same since Alex the Great, Ceasar, etc, despite new technology.
I didn’t change any deffinition, just indicated what was left out.
^^ Wow, I guess we've been wrong all these years. I'll call the General in the morning and tell him he had better get to work at changing all those manuals. 
Give it a rest, dude. I think the consensus of experienced people here agree, but thanks for telling us how to do our jobs nonetheless.
Brett
Give it a rest, dude. I think the consensus of experienced people here agree, but thanks for telling us how to do our jobs nonetheless.Brett
Ok, that is the Air Superiority. That is what the original poster referred to.
Now the question was
The consensus seems to be no. We probably will not make a platform purely for Air Supremacy for several reasons discussed by people more experienced than I on this thread, but to summarize. Our forces do not seem to have anyone contending with us in this area for some time. Therefore, we will probably create multirole fighters to help with other missions as well as Air Supremacy.
No, the Navy’s interest in Air Supremacy has not ceased. We seem to have the assets to secure it AND complete other missions as well. Everyone thinks it is a good thing. Many people have already listed benefits to having Air Supremacy and how it helped in conflicts in the past. These next generation fighters have the emphasis on multiple roles. However, make no mistake if a enemy jet decides to show up in his shiny new toy which some person guy in a lab has rated as being 200% better in Air to Air platform. Our guys are still going to be the better pilots. That mig is just a expensive firework in my eyes. Plus we get to lay down some bombs.
I mean its like going into a bar. At the bar you run into women and beer. If we can get both why not?
^^ Wow, I guess we've been wrong all these years. I'll call the General in the morning and tell him he had better get to work at changing all those manuals.
Brett
Didn't mean to offend you. I always like theoretical discussions--and thought everything I posted here was well supported-- but maybe I got a little too involved in this one. See you in the next thread. :icon_zbee
The Raptor Cadre Ive talked to really stresses the point on this. I heard one guy actually go so far as to say "The Raptor will give you the Air Supremecy it took the Eagle weeks to achieve in the first hours of the war." Honestly it seems like a way to overcomplicate a much simpler and broader term "Air Dominance"
phrogpilot73
Well-Known Member
"It's not the crate, but the man flying it." - Baron Von Richtofen a.k.a The Red Baron
Perhaps the point eluded you.........you argue with those who have experience vs your non-experience. Books, theories, internet aside, your opinion and knowledge is based on anything but experience.
It's not so much offense as annoyance. It's akin to an intern showing up at Livermore National Labs and repeatedly telling all the physics PhDs that the speed of light is actually 327 MPH.
Brett
